Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land<n id="1" /> through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Fast runners will find no place to hide;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">strong men will have no strength left;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">warriors will not be able to save their lives.p>

<p class="bodytext">But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later the <sc>Lordsc> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Jeremiah?&#8221; I answered, &#8220;I see a branch of an almond tree.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it,p> <p class="poetry">all of you nations that know of its fame.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Mourn and say, &#8216;Alas, its powerful influence has been broken!p> <p class="poetry">Its glory and power have been done away!&#8217;<n id="2" />p>