15. They are worthless jokes.When they are punished, they disappear.
16. Jacob’s God isn’t like them.He made everything,and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him.His name is the Lord of Armies.
17. Pick up your bags. You are being blockaded.
18. This is what the Lord says:I am going to throw out those who live in the land at this timeand cause trouble for them so that they will feel it.
19. Oh, I’m wounded!My wound is serious.Then I thought that this is my punishment, and I will bear it.
20. My tent is destroyed, and all my ropes are broken.My children have left me and have disappeared.There’s no one to set up my tent againor put up my tent curtains.