1 The Lord says this: I led forth a people to whom I gave commandments. But they were unwilling to listen, and they ignored my advice
2 The mother who bore them says to them: "Go, children, because I am widowed and abandoned.
3 I brought you up with joy, but I will send you away with mourning and sadness, because you have sinned in the presence of the Lord God and have done bad things in his sight.
4 But now what will I do for you? I am a widow and abandoned by my children. Go, children, and seek mercy from the Lord,
5 for I am left all alone."I call upon you, Father, concerning the mother of those who were unwilling to keep your covenant:
6 Throw them into confusion and their mother into ruin. May they leave no descendants,
7 but be scattered among the nations! May their names be wiped out from the earth because they despised my covenant!