10. Therefore I will give their wives to other menand their fields to new owners.From the least to the greatest,all are greedy for gain;prophets and priests alike,all practise deceit.
11. They dress the wound of my peopleas though it were not serious.‘Peace, peace,’ they say,when there is no peace.
12. Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?No, they have no shame at all;they do not even know how to blush.So they will fall among the fallen;they will be brought down when they are punished,says the Lord.
13. ‘ “I will take away their harvest,declares the Lord.There will be no grapes on the vine.There will be no figs on the tree,and their leaves will wither.What I have given themwill be taken from them. ” ’
14. Why are we sitting here?Gather together!Let us flee to the fortified citiesand perish there!For the Lord our God has doomed us to perishand given us poisoned water to drink,because we have sinned against him.