3 Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,like the dew that passes away early,like husks that swirl from the threshing floor,or like smoke from a window.
4 Yet I have been the Lord your Godever since the land of Egypt;and you will know no other gods but me;there is no savior besides me.
5 I knew you in the wilderness,in the land of no rain.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;and their hearts became proud;therefore, they forgot me.
7 So I will become like a lion to them;like a leopard I will lurk beside the road.
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs,and I will tear open the covering of their hearts.I will devour them like a lion,as a wild animal would eat them.
9 I will destroy you, Israel;for you didn’t realize that I could help you.