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

They all burn like an oven; they have consumed their judges; all their kings have fallen not even one of them calls on me.

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

Foreigners have consumed his strength, and he hasn't noticed. Furthermore, his head is sprinkled with gray hair, but he doesn't realize it.

"Israel has neglected its maker in building palaces. Judah has multiplied its fortified cities, but I will send fire to their cities, and it will consume their fortresses."