3. So those people will vanish like the morning mist. They will soon disappear like the early dew. They will be like straw that the wind blows around on a threshing floor. They will be like smoke that escapes through a window.
4. The Lord says, "People of Israel, I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You must not recognize any God but me. You must not have any Savior except me.
5. I took care of you in the desert. It was a land of burning heat.
6. I fed you until you were satisfied. Then you became proud. You forgot all about me.
7. So I will leap on you like a lion. I will hide and wait beside the road like a leopard.
8. I will attack you like a bear that is robbed of her cubs. I will rip you wide open. Like a lion I will eat you up. Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.
9. "Israel, you will be destroyed. I helped you. But you turned against me.