14. Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts,
15. Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel,
16. Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
17. And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fortified cities, in which you trusted, with the sword.
18. Nevertheless in those days,
19. And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shall you answer them, Like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20. Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21. Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
22. Fear you not me?
23. But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone away.
24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season: he reserves unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
26. For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.