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

ר (Resh) Our very life breath – the Lord’s anointed king – was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, “Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”

Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.

“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.

He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”

He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.

So I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me.

All his retinue – his attendants and his troops – I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you.

Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.