23. Will any of you listen to this?Will you listen carefully in the future?
24. Who let the people of Jacob be carried off?Who let robbers take Israel away?The Lord allowed this to happen,because we sinned against him.We did not live the way he wanted us to liveand did not obey his teaching.
25. So he became very angry with usand brought terrible wars against us.It was as if the people of Israel had fire all around them,but they didn’t know what was happening.It was as if they were burning,but they didn’t pay any attention.