6aI was angry with My people; bI have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; cOn the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
7 And you said, ‘I shall be aa lady forever,’ So that you did not btake these things to heart, cNor remember the latter end of them.
8 “Therefore hear this now, youwhoare given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and thereis no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
9 But these two things shall come to you aIn a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments.
10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, ‘No one asees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have1 warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and thereis no one else besides me.’
11 Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able1 to put it off. And adesolation shall come upon you bsuddenly, Which you shall not know.
Self-indulgence promotes, among other things, attitudes of fanaticism, false security, presumption, and fun-seeking. Fanaticism is unbridled obsession, and though most do not recognize it as form of self-indulgence, it is a gratification of selfish desire. The apostle Paul says that we should avoid those who are driven by lust and greed and have no self-control.
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