God vented his rage, allowing his people to be butchered when they went out to battle, for his anger was intense against his very own.
Why have you rejected me, the one you anointed? Why would you cast me away? Why would you lose your temper with me?
Yahweh, don’t be angry with us! Don’t remember our sins again forever! Please look at us; we are your people.
The people planted wheat but reaped nothing but weeds. They wearied themselves for nothing. They will be disappointed by their small harvest because of the burning anger of Yahweh.”
“I have abandoned my house of Israel and deserted the people I call my own. I have surrendered the beloved of my soul over to her enemies.