18 You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw and was filled with loathing,provoked by his sons and daughters.
20 He said, I will hide my face from them,and see what becomes of them.For they are a fickle generation,children with no loyalty in them!
21 Since they have incited me with a “no-god,”and provoked me with their empty idols,I will incite them with a “no-people”;with a foolish nation I will provoke them.
22 For by my wrath a fire is kindledthat has raged to the depths of Sheol,It has consumed the earth with its yield,and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap evils upon themand exhaust all my arrows against them:
24 Emaciating hunger and consuming feverand bitter pestilence,And the teeth of wild beasts I will send among them,with the venom of reptiles gliding in the dust.