Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!

The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.

All of them are hot like an oven,
And they consume their rulers;
All their kings have fallen.
None of them calls on Me.

Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

Against Jehovah they acted faithlessly: for they begat strange sons: now shall the new moon consume them with their portions.

They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.