The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place.

They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.