Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.

It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb.

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.

Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there.

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.

everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed – yes, whom I made!

Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”

He says, “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.

Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited.”

א (Alef) I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.

As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel.

The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River.

Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.”

Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil.

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’