12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land; there is no peace for any flesh.
13 They have sown bread, but shall reap thorns; they had the heritage, but they did not profit; and they shall be ashamed because of your fruits, by the fierce anger of the Lord.
14 Thus hath the Lord said against all my evil neighbours that touch the heritage which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 And it shall come to pass that after I have plucked them out, I will return and have mercy on them, and will cause them to return, each one to his heritage, and each one to his land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear in my name, saying, The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal then they shall be prospered in the midst of my people.
17 But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.