I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem.

“Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,” says the Lord. “They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.

“Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel within it.’

You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.

“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

“‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered.

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.

On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger.

I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.”

In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering.

Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.

On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish.

Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.

He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”