“Therefore hear, O [Gentile] nations,
And see, O congregation, what [vengeful act] is to be done to them.

I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

And there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,

‘Their children too will be as in former times,
And their congregation will be established before Me;
And I will punish all their oppressors.