12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the ^afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water. ‡

15 ^aThe young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant. ‡

16 Also the people of¹ Noph and ^aTahpanhes
Have¹ broken the crown of your head. ‡