You have rejected me,”
says the LORD.
“You have gone backward.
Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you.
I am weary of showing compassion.
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land.
I have bereaved them of children.
I have destroyed my people.
They didn’t return from their ways.
Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas.
I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday.
I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.