3 That is why they will be like fog in the morningand like morning dew that disappears quickly.They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors.They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.
4 “I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt.You have known no god besides me.There is no savior except me.
5 I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.
6 When I fed you, you were full.When you were full, you became arrogant.That is why you forgot me.
7 So I will be like a lion.Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you.
8 Like a bear that has lost her cubs, I will attack you.I will rip you open.Like a lion I will devour you.Like a wild animal I will tear you apart.
9 You are destroying yourself, Israel.You are against me, your helper.