11 So Yahweh strengthened ⌊the adversaries of Rezin⌋l against him,

and he provoked his enemies—

12 Aram from the east

and Philistinesm from the west—

and they devoured Israel with the whole mouth.

He has not turned away his anger in all of this,

and his hand is still stretched out.

13 And the people did not turn to the one who struck it,n

and they did not seek Yahweh of hosts.

14 So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel,

palm branch and reed in one day.

15 Elderso and ⌊the respectable⌋p are the head,

and prophetsq who teach liesr are the tail.

16 And the leaders of this people were misleading them,

and those who were led were confused.

17 Therefore the Lord did not rejoice over its young men,

and he did not have compassion on its orphans and widows,

for everyone was godless and an evildoer,

and every mouth was speaking folly.

In all of this his anger did not turn away,

and still his hand is stretched out.

18 For wickedness burned like fire;

it consumed brier and thorn.

And it kindled the thickets of the forest,

and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.

19 The land was burned through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts,

and the people became like fire fuel.

⌊People had no compassion toward each other⌋.s

20 They devoured on the right but still were hungry

and devoured on the left but they were not satisfied.

Each one devoured the flesh of his arm,

21 Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;

together they were against Judah.

In all of this his anger has not turned away,

and still his hand is stretched out.