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So I made a vow in the desert that I would not take them to the land I had given them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.

Make the Sabbath a holy day, so that it will be a sign of the covenant we made, and will remind you that I am the Lord your God.

So I made another vow in the desert. I vowed that I would scatter them all over the world.

I asked them: What are these high places where you go? So they have been called ‘High Places' ever since.

Tell the city what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: Because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshiping idols, your time is coming.

You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you.

And so the other nations will dishonor you, but you will know that I am the Lord ."

So now I, the Sovereign Lord , am telling them that they are just as useless as that. I will bring them all together in Jerusalem

"Mortal man," he said, "tell the Israelites that their land is unholy, and so I am punishing it in my anger.

So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers whom she wanted so much.

The Babylonians came to have sex with her. They used her and defiled her so much that finally she became disgusted with them.

You followed in your sister's footsteps, and so I will give you the same cup of punishment to drink."

So I said to them, "The Lord spoke to me and told me

I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the Lord .

Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the Lord ."

I will let the tribes of the eastern desert conquer Moab, together with Ammon, so that Moab will no longer be a nation.

And so I am announcing that I will attack the Philistines and wipe them out. I will destroy everyone left living there on the Philistine Plain.

All the kings of the seafaring nations will come down from their thrones. They will take off their robes and their embroidered clothes and sit trembling on the ground. They will be so terrified at your fate that they will not be able to stop trembling.

You were busy buying and selling, and this led you to violence and sin. So I forced you to leave my holy mountain, and the angel who guarded you drove you away from the sparkling gems.