15 I am about to bring a distant nation against you,people of Israel,declares the Lord.It is an established nation,an ancient nation,a nation whose language you don’t know,whose speech you won’t understand.
16 Its weapons are deadly;its warriors are many.
17 It will devour your harvest and food;it will devour your sons and daughters;it will devour your flocks and herds;it will devour your vines and fig trees;it will shatter your fortified towns in which you trust—with the sword!
18 Yet even in those days, declares the Lord, I won’t completely destroy you.
19 And when they ask, "Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?" you must reply, "Just as you have abandoned me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land not your own."
20 Declare this to the people of Jacob,announce it in Judah:
21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people,who have eyes but don’t seeand ears but don’t hear.