6. Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7. How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses.
8. They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9. Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10. Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s.
11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.
12. They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: