12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;be shocked, be utterly desolate,declares the Lord,
13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me,the fountain of living waters,and hewed out cisterns for themselves,broken cisterns that can hold no water.
14 “Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant?Why then has he become a prey?
15 The lions have roared against him;they have roared loudly.They have made his land a waste;his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
16 Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
17 Have you not brought this upon yourselfby forsaking the Lord your God,when he led you in the way?
18 And now what do you gain by going to Egyptto drink the waters of the Nile? Or what do you gain by going to Assyriato drink the waters of the Euphrates?