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.

¹⁸ You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
    you forgot the God who had given you birth.

¹⁴ Your fastest runners will not get away.
    The strongest among you will become weak.
Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.

⁸ Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,
    I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
    and mangle you like a wild animal.

³² Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    or a bride her wedding dress?
Yet for years on end
    my people have forgotten me.

¹³ Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator,
    the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
    and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
    Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
    It is gone!