¹¹“So speak to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Tell them, ‘The Lord says, “Look! I am making plans against you. I am going to bring trouble on you. So each one of you must turn from your evil ways. Change the way you live and act.” ’

¹²“But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue to do what we’ve already planned. All of us will do what our stubborn and evil hearts want us to do.’ ”

¹³So the Lord says,

“Ask the nations a question. Say to them,

‘Who has ever heard anything like this?

The people of Israel have done

a very horrible thing.

¹⁴Does the snow ever disappear

from Lebanon’s rocky slopes?

Do its cool waters ever stop

flowing from places far away?

¹⁵But my people have forgotten me.

They burn incense to worthless gods.

Their gods made them trip and fall

as they walked on the old paths.

They made them use side roads

instead of roads that were built up.

¹⁶So their land will be completely destroyed.

People will make fun of it again and again.

All those who pass by it will be shocked.

They will shake their heads.

¹⁷I will sweep over my people like a wind from the east.

I will use the Babylonians to scatter them.

I will show them my back and not my face.

I will desert them when their day of trouble comes.’ ”

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