15. They are worthless, a work to be mocked.At the time of their punishmentthey will be destroyed.
16. Jacob’s Portion is not like thesebecause He is the One who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
17. Gather up your belongings from the ground, you who live under siege.
18. For this is what the Lord says:Look, I am slinging out the land’s residents at this timeand bringing them such distressthat they will feel it.
19. Woe to me because of my brokenness —I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,but I must bear it.”