For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, with
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple moun
For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there the
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels wer
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtai
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in
Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the ear
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everyt
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies,
Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My