17. Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,And every mouth speaks folly.For all this His anger is not turned away,But His hand is stretched out still.
18. For wickedness burns as the fire;It shall devour the briers and thorns,And kindle in the thickets of the forest;They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19. Through the wrath of the Lord of hostsThe land is burned up,And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;No man shall spare his brother.
20. And he shall snatch on the right handAnd be hungry;He shall devour on the left handAnd not be satisfied;Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
21. Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;Together they shall be against Judah.For all this His anger is not turned away,But His hand is stretched out still.