3
Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing-floor, and as a vapor from tears.
4
But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.
5
I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
6
According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
7
And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.