“Adonai saw and was filled with scorn
At his sons and daughters’ provocation
He said, “I will hide my face from them
And see what will become of them,
For they are a perverse generation,
Untrustworthy children.
They aroused my jealousy with a non-god
And provoked me with their vanities;
I will arouse their jealousy with a non-people
And provoke them with a vile nation.
“For my anger has been fired up.
It burns to the depths of Sh’ol,
Devouring the earth and it’s crops,
Kindling the very roots of the hills.
I will heap disasters on them
And use up all my arrows against them.
Fatigued by hunger, they will be
Consumed by fever and bitter defeat;
I will send them the fangs of wild beasts,
And the poison of reptiles crawling in the dust.
Outside, the sword makes parents childless;
Inside, there is panic.
As young men and girls alike are slain,
Suckling and gray beards together.
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