15 They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
16 But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols.He made everything,and he chose Israel to be his special people.The Lord All-Powerful is his name.
17 Get everything you own and prepare to leave,you people who are trapped by your enemies.
18 This is what the Lord says:“At this time I will throw out the people who live in this land.I will bring trouble to themso that they may be captured.”
19 How terrible it will be for me because of my injury.My wound cannot be healed.Yet I told myself,“This is my sickness; I must suffer through it.”
20 My tent is ruined,and all its ropes are broken.My children have gone away and left me.No one is left to put up my tent againor to set up a shelter for me.
21 The shepherds are stupidand don’t ask the Lord for advice.So they do not have success,and all their flocks are scattered and lost.