12 A destroying armymarches along desert roadsand attacks everywhere.They are my deadly sword;no one is safe from them.
13 My people, you planted wheat,but because I was furious,I let only weeds grow.You wore yourselves outfor nothing!
14 The Lord said:I gave this land to my people Israel, but enemies around it have attacked and robbed it. So I will uproot them from their own countries just as I will uproot Judah from its land.
15 But later, I will have pity on these nations and bring them back to their own lands.
16 They once taught my people to worship Baal. But if they admit I am the only true God, and if they let my people teach them how to worship me, these nations will also become my people.
17 However, if they don't listen to me, I will uproot them from their lands and completely destroy them. I, the Lord, have spoken.