15 “aBut 1Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—

You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—

bThen he forsook God cwho made him,

And scorned dthe Rock of his salvation.

16 “aThey made Him jealous with strange gods;

bWith abominations they provoked Him to anger.

17 “aThey sacrificed to demons who were not God,

bTo gods whom they have not known,

cNew gods who came lately,

Whom your fathers did not dread.

18 “You neglected athe Rock who begot you,

bAnd forgot the God who gave you birth.

19 “aThe Lord saw this, and spurned them

bBecause of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

20 “Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,

aI will see what their end shall be;

bFor they are a perverse generation,

cSons in whom is no faithfulness.

21 ‘aThey have made Me jealous with what is not God;

They have provoked Me to anger with their 1bidols.

cSo I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

22 aFor a fire is kindled in My anger,

And burns to the lowest part of 1Sheol,

bAnd consumes the earth with its yield,

And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23 ‘aI will heap misfortunes on them;

bI will use My arrows on them.

24 ‘aThey will be wasted by famine, and consumed by 1plague

bAnd bitter destruction;

cAnd the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,

dWith the venom of crawling things of the dust.

25 ‘aOutside the sword will bereave,

And inside terror—

bBoth young man and virgin,

The nursling with the man of gray hair.

26 ‘I would have said, “aI will cut them to pieces,

bI will remove the memory of them from men,”

27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,

That their adversaries would misjudge,

That they would say, “aOur hand is 1triumphant,

And the Lord has not done all this.” ’

28 “aFor they are a nation 1lacking in counsel,

And there is no understanding in them.

29 “aWould that they were wise, that they understood this,

bThat they would discern their 1future!

30 “aHow could one chase a thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Unless their bRock had sold them,

And the Lord had given them up?

31 “Indeed their rock is not like our Rock,

aEven our enemies 1themselves judge this.

32 “For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,

And from the fields of Gomorrah;

Their grapes are grapes of apoison,

Their clusters, bitter.

33 “Their wine is the venom of 1serpents,

And the 2deadly poison of cobras.

34 ‘aIs it not laid up in store with Me,

Sealed up in My treasuries?

35 ‘aVengeance is Mine, and retribution,

bIn due time their foot will slip;

cFor the day of their calamity is near,

And the impending things are hastening upon them.’

36 “aFor the Lord will vindicate His people,

bAnd will have compassion on His servants,

When He sees that their 1strength is gone,

And there is none remaining, bond or free.

37 “And He will say, ‘aWhere are their gods,

The rock in which they sought refuge?

38 ‘aWho ate the fat of their sacrifices,

And drank the wine of their drink offering?

bLet them rise up and help you,

Let them be your hiding place!

39 ‘aSee now that I, I am He,

bAnd there is no god besides Me;

cIt is I who put to death and give life.

dI have wounded and it is I who heal,

eAnd there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

40 ‘Indeed, aI lift up My hand to heaven,

And say, as I live forever,

41 aIf I sharpen My 1flashing sword,

And My hand takes hold on justice,

bI will render vengeance on My adversaries,

And I will repay those who hate Me.

42 ‘aI will make My arrows drunk with blood,

bAnd My sword will devour flesh,

With the blood of the slain and the captives,

From the long-haired 1leaders of the enemy.’

43 “aRejoice, O nations, with His people;

bFor He will avenge the blood of His servants,

cAnd will render vengeance on His adversaries,

dAnd will atone for His land and His people.”