12. A destroying armymarches along desert roadsand attacks everywhere.They are my deadly sword;no one is safe from them.
13. My people, you planted wheat,but because I was furious,I let only weeds grow.You wore yourselves outfor nothing!
14. The Lord said:I gave this land to my people Israel, but enemies around it have attacked and robbed it. So I will uproot them from their own countries just as I will uproot Judah from its land.
15. But later, I will have pity on these nations and bring them back to their own lands.