17. All their hands will hang limp, and all their knees turn to water.
18. They put on sackcloth, horror clothes them; shame is on all their faces, all their heads are shaved bald.
19. They fling their silver into the streets, and their gold is considered unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their bellies, for it has been the occasion of their sin.
20. In their beautiful ornaments they took pride; out of them they made their abominable images, their detestable things. For this reason I will make them unclean.
21. I will hand them over as spoils to foreigners, as plunder to the wicked of the earth, so that they may defile them.
22. I will turn my face away from them. My treasure will be defiled; the violent will enter and defile it.
23. They will wreak slaughter, for the land is filled with bloodshed and the city with violence.
24. I will bring in the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to their proud strength, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.
25. When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there is none.
26. Disaster after disaster, rumor upon rumor. They keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction from the priest is missing, and counsel from the elders.
27. The king mourns, the prince is terror-stricken, the hands of the common people tremble. I will deal with them according to their ways, and according to their judgments I will judge them. They shall know that I am the Lord.