14. Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
15. A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
16. “Tell this to the nations, proclaim concerning Jerusalem: ‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.
17. They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,’ ” declares the Lord.
18. “Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”