^{6 Ref} Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, `and' their backslidings are increased.

^{7 Ref} How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

^{8 Ref} They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

^{9 Ref} Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?