11. Has a nation ever exchanged their old gods for new ones?(Of course, their gods are not really gods at all.)But my people have exchanged their glorious Godfor idols worth nothing!
12. Skies, be shocked at the things that have happened.Shake with great fear!” says the Lord.
13. “My people have done two sins.They have turned away from me.And I am the spring of living water.And they have dug their own wells.But they are broken wells that cannot hold water.
14. Have the people of Israel become slaves?Have they become like someone who was born a slave?Why was their wealth stolen?
15. Enemies roar like lions at Israel.They growl at Israel.They have destroyed the land of Israel.The cities of Israel have been burned,and all the people have left.
16. The men from the Egyptian cities of Memphis and Tahpanheshave disgraced you by shaving the top of your head.
17. You have brought this on yourselves.You turned away from me, the Lord your God,when I led you in the way.
18. It did not help to go to Egyptand drink from the Shihor River.It did not help to go to Assyriaand drink from the Euphrates River.
19. Your evil will bring punishment to you.The wrong you have done will teach you a lesson.Think about it and understand.It is a terrible evil to turn away from the Lord your God.It is wrong not to fear me,”says the Lord, the Lord of heaven’s armies.
20. “A long time ago you refused to obey me as an ox breaks its yoke.You broke the ropes I used to hold you to me.You said to me, ‘I will not serve you!’In fact, on every high hilland under every green treeyou lay down as a prostitute.