12
Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the LORD,
13
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14
"Is Israel a slave? Is he a homeborn servant? Why then has he become a prey?
15
The lions have roared against him, they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
16
Moreover, the men of Memphis and Tah'panhes have broken the crown of your head.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.