"Your oxshall be slaughteredbefore your eyes,but you will not eatof it; your donkeyshall be tornawayfrom you, and will not be restoredto you; your sheepshall be givento your enemies,and you will havenoneto saveyou.
"The increaseof his housewill depart;[His possessions] will flowaway in the dayof His anger.
The LORDhas swornby His righthandand by His strongarm,"I will neveragaingiveyour grain[as] foodfor your enemies;Norwill foreignersdrinkyour newwinefor whichyou have labored."
"They will devouryour harvestand your food;They will devouryour sonsand your daughters;They will devouryour flocksand your herds;They will devouryour vinesand your figtrees;They will demolishwith the swordyour fortifiedcitiesin whichyou trust.
"You shall betrotha wife,but anothermanwill violateher; you shall builda house,but you will not livein it; you shall planta vineyard,but you will not useits fruit.
"Your sonsand your daughtersshall be givento anotherpeople,while your eyeslookon and yearnfor them continually;but therewill be nothingyou can do.
Then the sonsof Israeldidwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD;and the LORDgavethem into the handsof Midiansevenyears.
So they would campagainstthem and destroythe produceof the earthas faras Gaza,and leavenosustenancein Israelas well as no sheep,ox,or donkey.
