They are unfaithful to Yahweh; For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
"The new moon devour them ..." Biblical scholars are uncertain as to whether this means "in the time of the new moon," meaning in a very short period of time their judgment will fall, or if it means the licentious worship associated with their "feasts of the new moon" would be the cancer that would devour them.  The translators of the KJV rendered the passage, "Now shall a month devour them with their portions," stressing the time element and indicating that the hour of judgment was already upon them.  Of course, it is true and applicable no matter which view is taken.  The New English Bible renders it, "Now an invader shall devour their fields," but this is exactly the same meaning stated literally instead of metaphorically.