Jeremiah 5:10-18

10The Lord commanded the enemy, “March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord.

11For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.

12“These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, ‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

13The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.’”

14Because of that, the Lord, the God who rules over all, said to me, “Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”

15The Lord says, “Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

16All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

17They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.

18Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.