12. Be amazed at this, O heavens!Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,”says the Lord.
13. “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong:they have rejected me,the fountain of life-giving water,and they have dug cisterns for themselves,cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
14. “Israel is not a slave, is he?He was not born into slavery, was he?If not, why then is he being carried off?
15. Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him;they raise their voices in triumph.They have laid his land waste;his cities have been burned down and deserted.
16. Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanheshave cracked your skulls, people of Israel.