Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

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.’

“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: “Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”

The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you.

Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

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

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

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.

Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.”

The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

“‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.

But those in Jerusalem will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, but the king of Babylon will accuse them of violations in order to seize them.