16. Their quiver is an open grave. They are all mighty warriors.
17. They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your herds. They will devour your vines and your fig trees. They will demolish your fortified cities —the ones in which you trust— with the sword.
18. “Yet even in those days,” declares Adonai, “I will not completely destroy you.
19. So it will come to pass that when you ask, ‘Why has Adonai Eloheinu done all these things to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
20. “Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:
21. ‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
22. Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it.
23. But this people have a stubborn and rebellious heart. They have turned aside and gone away.
24. They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Adonai Eloheinu, who gives rain in its season —fall rain and spring rain— who reserves for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’