10 Look to the west as far as the shores of Cyprusand to the east as far as the land of Kedar.Ask anyone there:Has anything this odd ever taken place?
11 Has a nation switched gods,though they aren’t really gods at all?Yet my people have exchanged their gloryfor what has no value.
12 Be stunned at such a thing, you heavens;shudder and quake,declares the Lord.
13 My people have committed two crimes:They have forsaken me, the spring of living water.And they have dug wells, broken wells that can’t hold water.
14 Is Israel a slave,a servant by birth?If not, why then has he become prey?
15 Lions roar at him; they growl.They destroy his landand make his towns desolateuntil nothing is left.
16 As well, the people of Memphis and Tahpanheslay open your scalp.