3So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
4But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
5I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
6When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
7So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;
8I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
9I have sent destruction on you, O Israel; who will be your helper?
