13. The Lord answered, “This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them.
14. Instead, they have been stubborn and have worshipped the idols of Baal as their ancestors taught them to do.
15. So then, listen to what I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, will do: I will give my people bitter plants to eat and poison to drink.
16. I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have heard about, and I will send armies against them until I have completely destroyed them.”
17. The Lord Almighty said,“Think about what is happening!Call for the mourners to come,for the women who sing funeral songs.”
18. The people said,“Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us,until our eyes fill with tears,and our eyelids are wet from crying.”