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But they neither listened nor obeyed, so as to turn from their wickedness and stop offering to other gods.

Hence my fury and anger were poured out and ignited in the cities of Y'hudah and the streets of Yerushalayim; so that they became waste and desolate, as they are today.'

"Therefore now, Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says this: ‘Why are you committing this great sin against yourselves? The result can only be to cut you off from Y'hudah — men, women, children and babies — so that none of you remain.

so that none of the remnant of Y'hudah who went into the land of Egypt to live as aliens will escape or remain, to be able to return to the land of Y'hudah. They long to return and live there, but none will return except a few refugees.'"

until Adonai could no longer bear it, so evil and so detestable were your deeds. This is why your land has become a wasteland, an object for astonishment and cursing, uninhabited, as it is today.

Moreover, here is a sign for you,' says Adonai , ‘that I will punish you in this place, so that you can know that my threats of disaster against you will come true.'

Give Mo'av wings, so it can fly and get away. Its cities will become ruins, with no one to live in them.

"So the days are coming," says Adonai , "when I will send people to tilt him; they will tilt his jars, emptying them and shattering the wine-flasks to pieces.

Because Mo'av boasted against Adonai , make him so drunk that he wallows in his own vomit and becomes a laughingstock.

We have heard of the pride of Mo'av: so very proud he is! — presumptuous, proud, conceited; so haughty his heart!

So I, for my part, have stripped ‘Esav bare, I have exposed his hiding-places; he will not be able to hide himself. He is doomed — sons, brothers and neighbors — so that he is no more.

For this is what Adonai says: "Those who do not deserve to drink from this cup will have to drink it anyway, so should you go unpunished? No, you will not go unpunished; you will certainly drink it.

So hear the plan of Adonai that he has devised against Edom, and his purpose that he will accomplish against those who live in Teman: the least of the flock will drag them away; their own pasture will be in shock at them.

How can a city so praised be deserted, a city that gave me such joy?

Thus says Adonai -Tzva'ot: "The people of Isra'el are oppressed, and so are the people of Y'hudah. Those who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

But their redeemer is strong; Adonai -Tzva'ot is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, so that he can give rest to the land but unrest to those who live in Bavel.

So hear the plan of Adonai that he has devised against Bavel, and his goals that he will accomplish against the land of the Kasdim: the least of the flock will drag them away; their own pasture will be in shock at them.

"We tried to heal Bavel, but she cannot be healed. So leave her alone, and each of us will return to his own country." For the judgment against her rises to the skies and reaches even the clouds.

You who live near plenty of water, so rich in treasure — your end has come, your time for being cut off!

When they are hot with desire, I will prepare them a drink. I will make them so drunk they will have convulsions, sleep forever and never wake up," says Adonai .