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And this will be to you the sign,' declares Yahweh, ‘that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that surely my words will endure against you for evil.'

Thus says Yahweh: ‘Look, I am going to give Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah the king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, his enemy and the one who sought his life.'"

‘You said, "Woe please to me, for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary in my groaning and I do not find rest."'

Thus you will say to him: ‘Thus says Yahweh, "Look, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to pluck up, it is all the land.

And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek great things, for look, I am about to bring disaster upon all flesh," declares Yahweh, "but to you I will give your life as booty in all the places where you may go."'"

Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, said, "Look, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

"But as for you, my servant Jacob, you must not be afraid, and Israel, you must not be dismayed, for look, I am going to save you from far, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return, and he will be quiet, and he will be at ease, and without one who makes him afraid.

You must not be afraid, my servant Jacob," declares Yahweh, "for I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction in all the nations where I scattered you, but you I will not make a complete destruction, though I will chastise you to the measure, and I will certainly not leave you unpunished."

Look, I am going to bring dread on you," declares Lord Yahweh of hosts, "from all your surrounding neighbors. And you will be scattered, each one before it, and there is no one who gathers the fugitives.

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Look, I am going to break the bow of Elam, the first and best of their might.

For look, I am going to stir up, and I am going to bring against Babylon a contingent of great nations from the land of the north. And they will draw up a battle formation against her, from there she will be captured. Their arrows are like a warrior who has achieved success, he does not return without success.

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.

"Look, I am against you, O arrogant one," declares Lord Yahweh of hosts, "for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

Thus says Yahweh: "Look, I am going to stir up against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-qamai a destructive wind.

"Look, I am against you, O mountain of the destruction," declares Yahweh, "the one that destroys the whole earth. And I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will roll you down from the cliffs, and I will make you as a mountain burned away.

Therefore thus says Yahweh, "Look, I am going to contend your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will cause her sea to dry up, and I will cause her fountain to dry up.

And you must say, ‘Babylon will sink, and she will not rise, because of the face of the disasters that I am bringing on her, and they will grow weary.'" Thus far the words of Jeremiah.

All her people groan, they are searching for bread. They give their treasures for food, to bring back life. See, O Yahweh, and look, how I am despised.

For these things, I am weeping, my eyes flow with tears; because a comforter is far from me, one to restore my life. My sons are desolate because the enemy has prevailed.

See, O Yahweh, that I am in distress; my stomach is in torment, my heart has turned inside me because I have certainly rebelled. From outside a sword brings bereavement, inside the house it is like death.