6. Jerusalem, you have left me,” says the Lord.“You keep going farther and farther away.So I will take hold of you and destroy you.I am tired of holding back my anger.
7. I will separate the people of Judah with my pitchfork.I will scatter them at the city gates of the land.My people haven’t changed their ways.So I will destroy them.I will take away their children.
8. Many women will lose their husbands.There will be more widows than the sand of the sea.I will bring a destroyer at noontimeagainst the mothers of the young men of Judah.I will suddenly bring pain and fearon the people of Judah.