Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We are safe!<n id="2" /> The temple of the <sc>Lordsc> is here! The temple of the <sc>Lordsc> is here! The temple of the <sc>Lordsc> is here!&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">They are coming to Zion to declare therep> <p class="poetry">how the <sc>Lordsc> our God is getting revenge,p> <p class="poetry">getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Sharpen<n id="1" /> your arrows!p> <p class="poetry">Fill your quivers!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will arouse a spirit of hostility in<n id="3" /> the kings of Media.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For he intends to destroy Babylonia.p> <p class="poetry">For that is how the <sc>Lordsc> will get his revenge &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians&#8217; destruction of his temple.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim&#8217;s son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon.<n id="1" />