I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

“On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.

Each moved straight ahead – wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.

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

“Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

“They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”

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

You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.

you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square.

“‘Observe – everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.