²² Repent, all of you who forget me,
    or I will tear you apart,
    and no one will help you.

¹⁷ The wicked will go down to the grave.^[a]
    This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.

¹³ The same happens to all who forget God.
    The hopes of the godless evaporate.

⁶ My people are being destroyed
    because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
    I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
    I will forget to bless your children.

² If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
    tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.