8They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.
9Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
10Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
11For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.
12They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:
13And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
14For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.
