Jeremiah 5:16-20

“Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are warriors.

“They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.

“Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make a complete destruction of you.

And it shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

“Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,