Jeremiah 5:12-19 - The Lord Rejects Israel
12 "They have denied Yahweh, and have said, 'Not he, {for} evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine. 13 And the prophets are like wind, and the word [is] not in them.' Thus it will be done to them."
14 {Therefore} thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, "Because you have spoken this word, look, I [am] making my words in your mouth like a fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them. 15 Look, I [am] about to bring on you a nation from afar, house of Israel," {declares} Yahweh. "It [is] an enduring nation, it [is] {an ancient nation}. A nation whose language you do not know, and you cannot understand what they speak. 16 Their quiver [is] like an open tomb, all of them [are] warriors. 17 And they will eat your harvest and your food, they will eat your sons and your daughters, they will eat your flock and your herd, they will eat your vine and your fig tree, they will smash with the sword {your fortified cities}, in which you trust.
18 "But even in those days," {declares} Yahweh, "I will not make you a complete destruction. 19 {And then}, when you [people] say, 'Why has Yahweh our God done all of these [things] to us?' Then you will say to them, 'As you have forsaken me and have served gods of a foreign land in your land, so will you serve strangers in {a land that does not belong to you}.'