¹³ Therefore my people will go into exile^(A)
    for lack of understanding;^(B)
those of high rank^(C) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(D)

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(F)
    they will not spare one another.^(G)
20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;^(H)
on the left they will eat,^(I)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring^[a]:
²¹     Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh;^(J)
    together they will turn against Judah.^(K)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(L)

¹¹ though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning^(A) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(B) will be as nothing^(C)
    in the day of disease and incurable^(D) pain.^(E)

¹⁷ They will devour^(A) your harvests and food,
    devour^(B) your sons and daughters;
they will devour^(C) your flocks and herds,
    devour your vines and fig trees.^(D)
With the sword^(E) they will destroy
    the fortified cities^(F) in which you trust.^(G)