"Therefore,I will takebackMy grainat harvest timeAnd My newwinein its season.I will also takeawayMy wooland My flax[Given] to coverher nakedness.
"Beholdnow, I have stretchedout My handagainstyou and diminishedyour rations.And I deliveredyou up to the desireof those who hateyou, the daughtersof the Philistines,who are ashamedof your lewdconduct.
"I will also giveyou into the handsof your lovers, and they will teardownyour shrines,demolishyour highplaces,stripyou of your clothing,takeaway your jewels,and will leaveyou nakedand bare.
They will also stripyou of your clothesand takeaway your beautifuljewels.
"For the kingof the Northwill againraisea greatermultitudethanthe former,and afteran intervalof someyearshe will presson with a greatarmyand muchequipment.
OrI will stripher nakedAnd exposeher as on the daywhen she was born.I will also makeher like a wilderness,Makeher like desertlandAnd slayher with thirst.
For they sowthe windAnd they reapthe whirlwind.The standinggrainhasnoheads;It yieldsnograin.Shouldit yield,strangerswould swallowit up.
Threshingfloorand winepresswill not feedthem, And the newwinewill failthem.
Whoknowswhether He will [not] turnand relentAnd leavea blessingbehindHim, [Even] a grain offeringand a drinkofferingFor the LORDyour God?
"Moreover, their wealthwill becomeplunderAnd their housesdesolate;Yes, they will buildhousesbut not inhabit[them], And plantvineyardsbut not drinktheir wine."
ThoughEdomsays,"We have been beatendown,but we will returnand buildup the ruins";thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"They may build,but I will teardown;and [men] will callthem the wickedterritory,and the peopletoward whomthe LORDis indignantforever."
So you will againdistinguishbetweenthe righteousand the wicked,betweenone who servesGodand one whodoes not serveHim.
