17. They will devour your harvests and food,devour your sons and daughters;they will devour your flocks and herds,devour your vines and fig trees.With the sword they will destroythe fortified cities in which you trust.
18. ‘Yet even in those days,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not destroy you completely.
19. And when the people ask, “Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?” you will tell them, “As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.”
20. ‘Announce this to the descendants of Jacoband proclaim it in Judah: