52 I would not punish you so severely,” says the Lord,
53 “if you had not murdered my chosen people. But you took great delight in striking them, and when you were drunk, you boasted about killing them.
54 “Paint your face!
55 You will be paid for your work as a prostitute; you will get what you have earned.
56 I will pay you back,” says the Lord, “for what you have done to my chosen people. I will bring disaster on you.
57 You will be put to death, and your children will starve. Your cities will be torn down, and the people out in the country will be killed.
58 Those in the mountains will starve; their hunger and thirst will drive them to eat their own flesh and drink their own blood.