They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished.

Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

“The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.”

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”

He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

Isaac’s centers of worship will become desolate; Israel’s holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s dynasty with the sword.”

You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

Therefore you will have to say farewell to Moresheth Gath. The residents of Achzib will be as disappointing as a dried up well to the kings of Israel.

Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”

Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed!

Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.

Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.