Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name!

Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

“I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.