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You will also suck the milk of nationsAnd suck the breast of kings;Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your SaviorAnd your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,'To a nation which did not call on My name.

Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,For I am holier than you!'These are smoke in My nostrils,A fire that burns all the day.

"For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth;And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

Then I said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh!Behold, I do not know how to speakBecause I am a youth."

But Yahweh said to me,"Do not say, ‘I am a youth,'Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,And all that I command you, you shall speak.

Do not be afraid of them,For I am with you to deliver you," declares Yahweh.

Then Yahweh said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to do it."

For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares Yahweh; "and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

And they will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares Yahweh.

"How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;I have not walked after the Baals'?Look at your way in the valley!Know what you have done!You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;Surely His anger is turned away from me.'Behold, I will enter into judgment with youBecause you say, ‘I have not sinned.'

Go and call out these words toward the north and say,‘Return, faithless Israel,' declares Yahweh;‘I will not look upon you in anger.For I am One of lovingkindness,' declares Yahweh;‘I will not be angry forever.

‘Return, O faithless sons,' declares Yahweh;‘For I am a master to you,And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,And I will bring you to Zion.'

Lift up a standard toward Zion!Seek safety, do not stand still,For I am bringing evil from the north,And great destruction.

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!My heart is pounding in me;I cannot be silentBecause you have heard, O my soul,The sound of the trumpet,The shout of war.

Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts,"Because you have spoken this word,Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fireAnd this people wood, and it will devour them.

Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," declares Yahweh."It is an enduring nation;It is an ancient nation,A nation whose tongue you do not know,Nor can you understand what they say.

But I am full of the wrath of Yahweh;I am weary of holding it in."Pour it out on the infants in the streetAnd on the gathering of choice men together;For both husband and wife shall be captured,The aged with the one full of days.

Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing evil on this people,The fruit of their plans,Because they have not given heed to My words,And as for My law, they have rejected it also.