10. “The bricks have fallen down, but we rebuild with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we replace them with cedars.”
11. And יהוה set up the adversaries of Retsin against him, and stirred up his enemies,
12. the Arameans before and the Philistines behind. And they devour Yisra’ĕl with an open mouth. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.
13. And the people have not turned back to Him who smites them, nor have they sought יהוה of hosts.
14. And יהוה cuts off head and tail from Yisra’ĕl, palm branch and reed in one day.
15. Elder and highly respected, he is the head; the prophet who teaches falsehood, he is the tail.
16. For the leaders of this people lead them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
17. Therefore יהוה does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is defiled and evil, and every mouth speaks foolishness. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.