10. Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
11. At that time it will be saidTo this people and to Jerusalem,“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wildernessToward the daughter of My people—Not to fan or to cleanse—
12. A wind too strong for these will come for Me;Now I will also speak judgment against them.”
13. “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,And his chariots like a whirlwind.His horses are swifter than eagles.Woe to us, for we are plundered!”
14. O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,That you may be saved.How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
15. For a voice declares from DanAnd proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim:
16. “Make mention to the nations,Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,That watchers come from a far countryAnd raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
17. Like keepers of a field they are against her all around,Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
18. “Your ways and your doingsHave procured these things for you.This is your wickedness,Because it is bitter,Because it reaches to your heart.”
19. O my soul, my soul!I am pained in my very heart!My heart makes a noise in me;I cannot hold my peace,Because you have heard, O my soul,The sound of the trumpet,The alarm of war.
20. Destruction upon destruction is cried,For the whole land is plundered.Suddenly my tents are plundered,And my curtains in a moment.
21. How long will I see the standard,And hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. “For My people are foolish,They have not known Me.They are silly children,And they have no understanding.They are wise to do evil,But to do good they have no knowledge.”
23. I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void;And the heavens, they had no light.
24. I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,And all the hills moved back and forth.
25. I beheld, and indeed there was no man,And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26. I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness,And all its cities were broken downAt the presence of the Lord,By His fierce anger.
27. For thus says the Lord:“The whole land shall be desolate;Yet I will not make a full end.