You will not go bareheaded or barefoot or mourn or cry. You will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan to one another.

The few of you who survive in the land of your enemies will waste away because of your own sin and the sin of your ancestors.

God said to me, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future.

Israel, trust in the LORD, because his love is constant and he is always willing to save.

But the people of Jerusalem said, "The LORD has abandoned us! He has forgotten us."

At the corner of every street your people collapse from weakness; they are like deer caught in a hunter's net. They have felt the force of God's anger.

Israel, don't wear your feet out, or let your throat become dry from chasing after other gods. But you say, 'No! I can't turn back. I have loved foreign gods and will go after them.' "