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and say, ‘O Lord , you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be desolate forever.'

So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table,

He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;

so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord ."

you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

They wandered, blind, through the streets; they were so defiled with blood that no one was able to touch their garments.

"Away! Unclean!" people cried at them. "Away! Away! Do not touch!" So they became fugitives and wanderers; people said among the nations, "They shall stay with us no longer."

They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.

Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?

Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord . And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat.

So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face.

And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be placed upon you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people.

And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment. So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.

And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.

Wherever you dwell, the cities shall be waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.