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 as hot as an oven,
and they consume their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.

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

they have forgotten him that made them, they build churches, and Judah maketh many strong cities: therefore will I send a fire into their cities, and it shall consume their places.

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