15 Truly, I will bring a nation upon you from far,O house of Israel, says the Lord.It is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation,a nation whose language you do not know,nor do you understand what they say.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulcher,they all are mighty men.
17 They will eat up your harvest and your breadwhich your sons and your daughters should eat.They will eat up your flocks and your herds;they will eat up your vines and your fig trees;they will impoverish your fenced cities,in which you trusted, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, says the Lord, I will not make a full end of you.
19 It shall come to pass when they say, “Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?” then you shall answer them, “As you have forsaken Me and served strange gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”
20 Declare this in the house of Jacoband publish it in Judah, saying:
21 Hear this now, O foolish people and without understanding,who have eyes but do not see,who have ears but do not hear.