12. They will answer, ‘No, why should we? We will all be just as stubborn and evil as we want to be.’ ”
13. The Lord says,“Ask every nation if such a thinghas ever happened before.The people of Israel have done a terrible thing!
14. Are Lebanon's rocky heights ever without snow?Do its cool mountain streams ever run dry?
15. Yet my people have forgotten me;they burn incense to idols.They have stumbled in the way they should go,they no longer follow the old ways;they walk on unmarked paths.
16. They have made this land a thing of horror,to be despised for ever.All who pass by will be shocked at what they see;they will shake their heads in amazement.
17. I will scatter my people before their enemies,like dust blown by the east wind.I will turn my back on them;I will not help them when the disaster comes.”