5 10 "Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not Yahweh's. 5 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly faithless to me, says Yahweh. 5 12 They have spoken falsely of Yahweh, and have said, 'He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine. 5 13 The prophets will become wind; the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them!"
5 14 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts: "Because they have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them. 5 15 Behold, I am bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, says Yahweh. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say. 5 16 Their quiver is like an open tomb, they are all mighty men. 5 17 They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall destroy with the sword."
5 18 "But even in those days, says Yahweh, I will not make a full end of you. 5 19 And when your people say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?' you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.' "