Words like fire

14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts: Because you speak this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will consume them.

15Look, I am bringing against you a nation from far away, O house of Israel, declares Yahweh. It is a mighty nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, and whose speech you do not understand.

16Their quiver is like an open grave; all of them are mighty men.

17And they will consume your harvest and your bread; they will consume your sons and your daughters; they will consume your flock and your herd; they will consume your vine and your fig tree; they will destroy your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.

18Yet even in those days, declares Yahweh, I will not make a full end of you.

19And when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land not yours.’