9. ‘Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,though they were tall as the cedarsand strong as the oaks.I destroyed their fruit aboveand their roots below.
10. I brought you up out of Egyptand led you for forty years in the wildernessto give you the land of the Amorites.
11. ‘I also raised up prophets from among your childrenand Nazirites from among your youths.Is this not true, people of Israel?’declares the Lord.
12. ‘But you made the Nazirites drink wineand commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13. ‘Now then, I will crush youas a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
14. The swift will not escape,the strong will not muster their strength,and the warrior will not save his life.
15. The archer will not stand his ground,the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,and the horseman will not save his life.
16. Even the bravest warriorswill flee naked on that day,’declares the Lord.