¹ And Jehovah said to^▵ me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My soul could not^◦ be toward^▵ this people; send· them ·away from My face, and let them go·​·out.

² And it shall be, if^▫ they say unto^▵ thee, Whither^▵ shall we go·​·forth? then thou shalt say to^▵ them, Thus says Jehovah, Whoever^▵ is for death, to death; and whoever^▵ is for the sword, to the sword; and whoever^▵ is for the famine, to the famine; and whoever^▵ is for the captivity, to the captivity.

³ And I will appoint over them four families, says^◦ Jehovah; the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

⁴ And I will put^◦ them into^◦ turmoil before^▫ all the kingdoms of the earth, because·​·of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah^▫ king of Judah, on·​·account·​·of what he did in Jerusalem.

⁵ For who shall have·​·pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who shall be·​·sorry for thee? And who shall turn·​·aside to ask for peace for thee?

⁶ Thou^◦ hast abandoned Me, says^◦ Jehovah, thou art gone backward; and I will stretch·​·out My hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am·​·weary with repenting.

⁷ And I will winnow them with a winnower in the gates of the land; I will bereave them, I will make· My people ·perish, from their ways they return not.

⁸ Their widows are·​·numerous to Me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them^◦ against the mother of the young·​·men a devastator at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and vexation upon^◦ the city.

⁹ She that has given·​·birth·​·to the seven, languishes; she has breathed out her soul; her sun has gone·​·in when it is yet day; she has been·​·ashamed and made to blush: and they who·​·are·​·left will I give to the sword before their enemies, says^◦ Jehovah.

¹⁰ Woe to me, my mother, for thou hast given·​·birth·​·to me, a man^◦ of strife and a man^◦ of contention to all the earth! I have not been·​·a·​·creditor, and they have not been·​·creditors to me; yet all of them revile me.

¹¹ Jehovah said, Shall it not be well with thy remnant; shall I not cause the enemy to fall·​·upon thee in the time of evil and in the time of adversity?

¹² Shall iron do·​·evil to the iron from the north and the bronze?

¹³ Thy belongings and thy treasures will I give for plunder with no^◦ price, and this^* in all thy sins, and in all thy borders.

¹⁴ And I will make thee to pass·​·by with^◦ thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is ignited in My anger, which shall burn^◦ upon you.

¹⁵ O Jehovah, Thou^◦ knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in Thy slow^◦ anger; know that for^▵ Thee I have borne reproach.

¹⁶ Thy words were·​·found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Thy name, O Jehovah God of Armies.

¹⁷ I sat not in the council of those who mock, nor^◦ did I triumph; on·​·account·​·of^◦ Thy hand I sat alone; for Thou hast·​·filled me with indignation.

¹⁸ Why is my pain perpetual, and my smiting desperate, which refuses to be healed? Being wilt Thou be to me like^▵ a liar^◦, and as waters that are· not ·constant?

¹⁹ Therefore thus says Jehovah, If thou return, then I will cause thee to return, and thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring·​·out what is precious from what is worthless, thou shalt be as My mouth: let them^◦ return to^▵ thee; but thou^◦ shalt not return to^▵ them.

²⁰ And I will put^◦ thee for this people as a fortified wall of bronze; and they shall fight against^▵ thee, but they shall not prevail^◦ against^▵ thee: for I^◦ am with^◦ thee to save thee and to rescue thee, says^◦ Jehovah.

²¹ And I will rescue thee from the hand of the evil, and I will redeem^◦ thee from the palm of the terrible.

¹⁸ Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning^▵ Jehoiakim the son of Josiah^◦ king of Judah; They shall not wail for him, saying, Woe my brother! and, Woe sisters! They shall not wail for him, saying, Woe lord! and, Woe his majesty!