³ Israel was holy^(A) to the Lord,^(B)
    the firstfruits^(C) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(D) her were held guilty,^(E)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

⁷ Whoever found them devoured^(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,^(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope^(C) of their ancestors.’