For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.

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

But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the Lord.

The Lord says, “Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.

But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” says the Lord.

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

I, the Lord, say: ‘That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth.

But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’ says the Lord. ‘I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.’”

He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

The Lord says, “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.

Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.

So, now the Lord says, ‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’

They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!’

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

“Indeed a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate.

I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.