17. Like watchers in the fields they surround her,for she has rebelled against me—oracle of the Lord.
18. Your conduct, your deeds, have done this to you;how bitter is this evil of yours,how it reaches to your very heart!
19. My body! my body! how I writhe!The walls of my heart!My heart beats wildly,I cannot be still;For I myself have heard the blast of the horn,the battle cry.
20. Ruin upon ruin is reported;the whole land is laid waste.In an instant my tents are ravaged;in a flash, my shelters.
21. How long must I see the signal,hear the blast of the horn!
22. My people are fools,they do not know me;They are senseless children,without understanding;They are wise at evil,but they do not know how to do good.
23. I looked at the earth—it was waste and void;at the heavens—their light had gone out!
24. I looked at the mountains—they were quaking!All the hills were crumbling!
25. I looked—there was no one;even the birds of the air had flown away!