¹⁵ But my people have forgotten me.
    They make offerings to worthless idols.
This makes them stumble in what they do.
    They stumble about 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 I will scatter them before their enemies
    as a strong east wind blows things away.
At that awful time they will not see me coming to help them.
    They will see me leaving.”