¹³ “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.^(A)
There will be no figs^(B) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.^(C)
What I have given them
    will be taken^(D) from them.^[a]’”

⁷ “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(C)

⁸ Israel is swallowed up;^(A)
    now she is among the nations
    like something no one wants.^(B)

² When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?^(A)
Was my arm too short^(B) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength^(C) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke^(D) I dry up the sea,^(E)
    I turn rivers into a desert;^(F)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

⁸ Therefore in one day^(A) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,^(B)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.