10 "Bricks have fallen,but let’s rebuild with stones.Sycamores were cut down,but let’s replace them with cedars."
11 So the Lord raised up their foes against them,and stirred up their enemies—
12 Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west—and they devoured Israel with an open mouth.Even then God’s anger didn’t turn away;God’s hand was still extended.
13 But the people didn’t turn to the one who struck them.They didn’t seek the Lord of heavenly forces.
14 So the Lord cut off head and tail,palm branch and reed from Israel in one day.
15 (Elders and celebrities are the head;prophets who teach lies are the tail.)
16 But this people’s leaders were misleading,and those being led were confused.