10. These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!
11. As a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the lord. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But they would not listen to me.
12. “So tell them, ‘This is what the lord, the God of Israel, says: May all your jars be filled with wine.’ And they will reply, ‘Of course! Jars are made to be filled with wine!’
13. “Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the lord means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness—from the king sitting on David’s throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem.
14. I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the lord. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.’”
15. Listen and pay attention!Do not be arrogant, for the lord has spoken.
16. Give glory to the lord your Godbefore it is too late.Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.For then, when you look for light,you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.