10. “Go west and look in the land of Cyprus;go east and search through the land of Kedar.Has anyone ever heard of anythingas strange as this?
11. Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,even though they are not gods at all?Yet my people have exchanged their glorious Godfor worthless idols!
12. The heavens are shocked at such a thingand shrink back in horror and dismay,”says the lord.
13. “For my people have done two evil things:They have abandoned me—the fountain of living water.And they have dug for themselves cracked cisternsthat can hold no water at all!
14. “Why has Israel become a slave?Why has he been carried away as plunder?
15. Strong lions have roared against him,and the land has been destroyed.The towns are now in ruins,and no one lives in them anymore.
16. Egyptians, marching from their cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes,have destroyed Israel’s glory and power.