⁵ “Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem,
    and who will grieve for you?
Who will go out of his way
    to ask about your welfare?
⁶ You have deserted me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep going backward.
I’ll reach out my hand and destroy you.
    I’m tired of showing compassion.
⁷ I’ll winnow^[a] them with a winnowing fork
    in the gates of the land.
I’ll make them childless.
    I’ll destroy my people,
        for they didn’t change their ways.