15 I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away all your kindred, all the offspring of Ephraim.
16 You, now, must not intercede for this people! Do not raise a cry or prayer in their behalf! Do not press me, for I will not listen to you!
17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The children gather wood, their fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, while libations are poured out to other gods—all to offend me!
19 Are they really offending me—oracle of the Lord—or rather themselves, to their own disgrace?
20 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon human being and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruits of the earth; it will burn and not be quenched.
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Heap your burnt offerings upon your sacrifices; eat up the meat!