For her blow is incurable, for it came even to Judah; he touched even to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

You who hate the good and love the evil; who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;

And the men of vision, shall turn pale, and the diviners, shall blush, and shall put a covering upon their lip, all of them, - because there is no answer of God.

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.

And will cut off the cities of thy land, - and will pull down all thy fortresses;

I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you
and demolish your cities.

With what shall I approach Yahweh, and bow down to God on high? Shall I approach him with burnt offerings, with bull calves a year old?

Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour, - they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent: