21. I’ll hand it over to foreigners as loot taken in war,to the earth’s wicked ones as plunder—they will defile it!
22. When I hide my face from my people,foreigners will defile my treasured place.Violent intruders will invade it; they will defile it!
23. Make a chain!The earth is full of perverted justice,the city full of violence.
24. I’ll bring up the cruelest nations,and they will seize their houses.I’ll break their proud strength,and their sanctuaries will be defiled.
25. Disaster! It has come!They seek peace, but there is none.
26. One disaster comes after another,and rumor follows rumor.They seek a vision from the prophet.Instruction disappears from the priest,and counsel from the elders.