12. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
13. For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells--broken wells, That contain not the waters.
14. A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey?
15. Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.
16. Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee--the crown of the head!
17. Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way?