20. He said, “I will turn away from themand see what will happen to them.They are evil people,unfaithful children.
21. They used things that are not gods to make me jealousand worthless idols to make me angry.So I will use those who are not a nation to make them jealous;I will use a nation that does not understand to make them angry.
22. My anger has started a firethat burns down to the place of the dead.It will burn up the ground and its crops,and it will set fire to the base of the mountains.
23. “I will pile troubles upon themand shoot my arrows at them.
24. They will be starved and sick,destroyed by terrible diseases.I will send them vicious animalsand gliding, poisonous snakes.