Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!

“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the Lord. “I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.

Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

The Lord answered, “If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

“Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.

When all the people that Ishmael had taken captive saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers with him, they were glad.

“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the Lord.

They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the Lord.

No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

King Zedekiah said to them, “Very well, you can do what you want with him. For I cannot do anything to stop you.”

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”

‘The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.