20. ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,He set it in majesty;But they made from itThe images of their abominations—Their detestable things;Therefore I have made itLike refuse to them.
21. I will give it as plunderInto the hands of strangers,And to the wicked of the earth as spoil;And they shall defile it.
22. I will turn My face from them,And they will defile My secret place;For robbers shall enter it and defile it.
23. ‘Make a chain,For the land is filled with crimes of blood,And the city is full of violence.
24. Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles,And they will possess their houses;I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,And their holy places shall be defiled.
25. Destruction comes;They will seek peace, but there shall be none.
26. Disaster will come upon disaster,And rumor will be upon rumor.Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;But the law will perish from the priest,And counsel from the elders.