12
They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore shall they fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith HaShem.
13
I will utterly consume them, saith HaShem; there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is faded; and I gave them that which they transgress.
14
'Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be cut off there; for HaShem our G-d hath cut us off, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against HaShem.
15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold terror!'
16
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those that dwell therein.
17
For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith HaShem.
18
Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far off: 'Is not HaShem in Zion? Is not her King in her?'-- 'Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, and with strange vanities?'--
20
'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'
21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I seized with anguish; I am black, appalment hath taken hold on me.
22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?