Jeremiah 18:15-17

New Century Version

¹⁵ But my people have forgotten me.
    They burn incense to worthless idols
and have stumbled in what they do
    and in the old ways of their ancestors.
They walk along back roads
    and on poor highways.
¹⁶ So Judah’s country will become an empty desert.
    People will not stop making fun of it.
They will shake their heads as they pass by;
    they will be shocked at how the country was destroyed.
¹⁷ Like a strong east wind,
    I will scatter them before their enemies.
At that awful time they will not see me coming to help them;
    they will see me leaving.”