11 qHas a nation changed its gods,

Which are rnot gods?

sBut My people have changed their Glory

For what does not profit.

12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,

And be horribly afraid;

Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

13 “For My people have committed two evils:

They have forsaken Me, the tfountain of living waters,

And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

14 “Is Israel ua servant?

Is he a homeborn slave?

Why is he plundered?

15 vThe young lions roared at him, and growled;

They made his land waste;

His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

16 Also the people of 6Noph and wTahpanhes

Have 7broken the crown of your head.

17 xHave you not brought this on yourself,

In that you have forsaken the Lord your God

When yHe led you in the way?

18 And now why take zthe road to Egypt,

To drink the waters of aSihor?

Or why take the road to bAssyria,

To drink the waters of 8the River?

19 Your own wickedness will ccorrect you,

And your backslidings will rebuke you.

Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing

That you have forsaken the Lord your God,

And the 9fear of Me is not in you,”

Says the Lord God of hosts.