25. Do not go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26. O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
27. I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people; thou shalt know and examine their way.
28. They are all rebellious princes; they walk with deception: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29. The bellows are burned; the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.
30. Reprobate silver shall men call them because the Lord has rejected them.