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"Edom will be an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

Because of the Lord 's anger, Babylon will become a deserted wasteland. All who pass by will be horrified and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

"See, I am your enemy, you arrogant people," says the Lord, the Lord of Heaven's Armies. "Your day of reckoning has arrived— the day when I will punish you.

She defiled herself with immorality and gave no thought to her future. Now she lies in the gutter with no one to lift her out. " Lord , see my misery," she cries. "The enemy has triumphed."

Her people groan as they search for bread. They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive. "O Lord , look," she mourns, "and see how I am despised.

"Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see if there is any suffering like mine, which the Lord brought on me when he erupted in fierce anger.

" Lord , see my anguish! My heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have rebelled against you. In the streets the sword kills, and at home there is only death.

"Others heard my groans, but no one turned to comfort me. When my enemies heard about my troubles, they were happy to see what you had done. Oh, bring the day you promised, when they will suffer as I have suffered.

I have cried until the tears no longer come; my heart is broken. My spirit is poured out in agony as I see the desperate plight of my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.

"See them lying in the streets— young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.

if they twist justice in the courts— doesn't the Lord see all these things?

See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.

Lord , remember what has happened to us. See how we have been disgraced!

Under each of their four wings I could see human hands. So each of the four beings had four faces and four wings.

You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord .

"Son of man," he said, "do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!"

Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see a hole in the wall.

"Go in," he said, "and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!"

Then the Lord said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'"

Then he said to me, "The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn't see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!'