Study Desk

How terrible! Israel is a nation of sin, a people loaded down with guilt, a group of children doing evil, children who are full of evil. They have left the Lord ; they hate God, the Holy One of Israel, and have turned away from him as if he were a stranger.

The Lord says, "I will cause young boys to be your leaders, and foolish children will rule over you.

Children treat my people cruelly, and women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you in the wrong way and turn you away from what is right.

I am here, and with me are the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and proofs for the people of Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.

People will grab something on the right, but they will still be hungry. They will eat something on the left, but they will not be filled. Then they will each turn and eat their own children.

Their little children will be beaten to death in front of them. Their houses will be robbed and their wives raped.

Their soldiers will shoot the young men with arrows; they will show no mercy on children, nor will they feel sorry for little ones.

You will not be buried with those bodies, because you ruined your own country and killed your own people. The children of evil people will never be mentioned again.

Prepare to kill his children, because their father is guilty. They will never again take control of the earth; they will never again fill the world with their cities.

The Lord All-Powerful says this: "I will fight against those people; I will destroy Babylon and its people, its children and their descendants," says the Lord .

All the honored and important things of his family will depend on him; all the adults and little children will depend on him. They will be like bowls and jars hanging on him.

In the days to come, the people of Jacob will be like a plant with good roots; Israel will grow like a plant beginning to bloom. Then the world will be filled with their children.

When they see all their children, the children I made with my hands, they will say my name is holy. They will agree that the Holy One of Jacob is holy, and they will respect the God of Israel.

The Lord said, "How terrible it will be for these stubborn children. They make plans, but they don't ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, without asking my Spirit. They are adding more and more sins to themselves.

These people are like children who lie and refuse to obey; they refuse to listen to the Lord 's teachings.

You children of Israel, come back to the God you fought against.

Some of the people in the family of Judah will escape. Like plants that take root, they will grow strong and have many children.

The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.

Some of your own children, those who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become servants in the palace of the king of Babylon."

Even children become tired and need to rest, and young people trip and fall.