² A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,^(A)
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning.”

33 Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,
you traitor never betrayed!
When you have finished destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.^(A)

²⁰ However, as a woman may betray her lover,^[a]
so you have betrayed^(A) me, house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹¹ They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
have dealt very treacherously with me.^(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.