10:13 plowed iniquity. Instead of cultivating a fruitful relationship with God, Israel has planted, reaped, and eaten wickedness and dishonesty (8:7; Gal. 6:7–9).

Because you have trusted in . . . your warriors. The punishment God will bring (a military defeat) is directly related to Israel’s sin of depending on its own military power and not on the Lord (Jer. 9:23, 24).