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The Lord will show his anger, so no one will live there. Babylon will be completely empty. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be afraid. They will shake their heads when they see how badly it has been destroyed.

But I will repay Babylonia and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Zion. I will pay them back so that you can see it, Judah." This is what the Lord said.

"Sheshach will be defeated. The best and proudest country of the whole earth will be taken captive. People from other nations will look at Babylon, and what they see will make them afraid.

Jerusalem's skirts were dirty. She gave no thought to what would become of her. Her fall was amazing. She had no one to comfort her. She says, " Lord , see how I am hurt! See how my enemy thinks he is so great!"

All the people of Jerusalem are groaning. All of her people are looking for food. They are giving away all their nice things for food to stay alive. Jerusalem says, "Look, Lord . Look at me! See how people hate me.

All you who pass by on the road, you don't seem to care. But look at me and see. Is there any pain like my pain? Is there any pain like the pain that has come to me? Is there any pain like the pain that the Lord has punished me with? He has punished me on the day of his great anger.

Let us check and see what we have done. Then let us turn back to the Lord .

I will continue to cry until you look down and see us, Lord ! I will continue to cry until you see us from heaven.

My eyes make me sad, when I see what happened to the young women in my city.

See how the gold has grown dark, how the pure gold has changed. There are jewels scattered all around at every street corner.

Remember, Lord , what happened to us. Look and see our shame.

For this reason, our hearts have become sick, and our eyes cannot see clearly.

God said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see. Eat this scroll, and then go tell these things to the family of Israel."

People around you will make fun of you, but you will also be a lesson for them. They will see that I was angry and punished you. I was very angry and I warned you. I, the Lord , told you what I would do.

Only then will you know that I am the Lord . You will know this when you see your dead bodies in front of your filthy idols and around their altars. Those bodies will be near every one of your places for worship, on every high hill and mountain, under every green tree and every oak tree with leaves. You offered your sacrifices everywhere. They were a sweet smell for your filthy idols.

They will wear sackcloth and be covered with fear. You will see the shame on every face. They will shave their heads to show their sadness.

Then God said to me, "Son of man, do you see what terrible things the people of Israel are doing? They built that thing here, right next to my Temple! And if you come with me, you will see even more terrible things!"

Then God said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of Israel do in the dark? Each man has a special room for his own false god. They say to themselves, ‘The Lord cannot see us. The Lord left this country.'"

Then he said to me, "If you come with me, you will see these men doing even more terrible things!"

God said to me, "Son of man, do you see these terrible things? Come with me and you will see things that are even worse than this!"