10. Scale its walls and tear them down. But do not be willing to bring about its very end. Take away its plantings, for they are not the Lord's.
11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have greatly transgressed against me, says the Lord.
12. They have denied the Lord, and they have said, 'It is not him,' and, 'Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.'
13. The prophets have spoken into the wind, and there was no answer with them. Therefore, these things will happen to them."
14. Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: "Since you have spoken this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth like fire and this people like wood, and it will devour them.
15. Behold, O house of Israel, I will lead over you a far away nation, says the Lord, a robust nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will not know, nor will you understand what they are saying.
16. Their quiver is like an open sepulcher. They are all strong.
17. And they will consume your grain fields and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vineyards and your figs. And with the sword, they will crush your fortified cities, in which you have placed your trust.
18. Yet truly, in those days, says the Lord, I will not bring the consummation over you.
19. And if they say, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' You shall say to them: 'Just as you have abandoned me and have served a strange god in your own land, so will you serve strangers in a land not your own.'
20. Announce this to the house of Jacob, and make it known in Judah, saying:
21. Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.
22. So then, will you not fear me, says the Lord. And will you not have sorrow before my face? I have placed the shore as a limit for the sea, as an everlasting precept that it will not transgress. And its waves will crash, but they will not prevail; and its waves will swell, but they will not go across.
23. But the heart of this people has become incredulous and provocative; they have turned away and departed.