¹³ But the people have not returned^(A) to him who struck^(B) them,
    nor have they sought^(C) the Lord Almighty.
¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(D) in a single day;^(E)
15 the elders^(F) and dignitaries^(G) are the head,
    the prophets^(H) who teach lies^(I) are the tail.
¹⁶ Those who guide^(J) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(K)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(L)
    nor will he pity^(M) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(N) and wicked,^(O)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(P)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(Q)

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(R)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(S)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(T)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(U) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(V)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(W)
    they will not spare one another.^(X)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(Y)
on the left they will eat,^(Z)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(AA)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(AB)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(AC)

10 Woe^(AD) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(AE)
2 to deprive^(AF) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(AG)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(AH)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(AI)
    when disaster^(AJ) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(AK)
    Where will you leave your riches?
⁴ Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives^(AL)
    or fall among the slain.^(AM)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(AN)
    his hand is still upraised.

“‘By the strength of my hand^(BN) I have done this,^(BO)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(BP)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[b] their kings.^(BQ)
14 As one reaches into a nest,^(BR)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(BS) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(BT)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(BU)’”

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(BV)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(BW) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(BX) upon his sturdy warriors;^(BY)
under his pomp^(BZ) a fire^(CA) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(CB)
    their Holy One^(CC) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(CD) and his briers.^(CE)
18 The splendor of his forests^(CF) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(CG)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(CH) will be so few^(CI)
    that a child could write them down.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(A)
    flowing springs^(B) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(C)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(D)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(E)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(F)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(G)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(H)