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¹¹At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem;

A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness

Toward the daughter of My people,

Not to fan, nor to cleanse;

¹²A wind too strong for this shall come for Me;

Now will I also utter judgments against them.

¹³Behold, he cometh up as clouds,

And his chariots are as the whirlwind;

His horses are swifter than eagles.—

'Woe unto us! for we are undone.'—

¹⁴O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness,

That thou mayest be saved.

How long shall thy baleful thoughts

Lodge within thee?

¹⁵For hark! one declareth from Dan,

And announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:

¹⁶'Make ye mention to the nations:

Behold—publish concerning Jerusalem—

Watchers come from a far country,

And give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'

¹⁷As keepers of a field

Are they against her round about;

Because she hath been rebellious against Me,

Saith the Lord.

¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have procured

These things unto thee;

This is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter,

Yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.

 

¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain!

The chambers of my heart!

My heart moaneth within me!

I cannot hold my peace!

Because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn,

The alarm of war.

²⁰Destruction followeth upon destruction,

For the whole land is spoiled;

Suddenly are my tents spoiled,

My curtains in a moment.

²¹How long shall I see the standard,

Shall I hear the sound of the horn?

 

²²For My people is foolish,

They know Me not;

They are sottish children,

And they have no understanding;

They are wise to do evil,

But to do good they have no knowledge.

 

²³I beheld the earth,

And, lo, it was waste and void;

And the heavens, and they had no light.

²⁴I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,

And all the hills moved to and fro.

²⁵I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,

And all the birds of the heavens were fled.

²⁶I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness,

And all the cities thereof were broken down

At the presence of the Lord,

And before His fierce anger.

 

²⁷For thus saith the Lord:

The whole land shall be desolate;

Yet will I not make a full end.

²⁸For this shall the earth mourn,

And the heavens above be black;

Because I have spoken it, I have purposed it,

And I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

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