"Thou son of man, if Israel, that froward household, ask thee and say, 'What doest thou there?'

How should I circumcise thine heart, sayeth the LORD God, seeing thou doest all these things, thou precious whore?

for the blood is yet in it. Upon a plain dry stone hath she poured it, and not upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust.

And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"

The dust of his horses shall cover thee, they shall be so many: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, chariots and wheels when he cometh to thy ports, as men do into an open city.

They shall lift up their voice because of thee, and make a lamentable cry. They shall cast dust upon their heads, and lie down in the ashes.