<p class="poetry">They are regarded as &#8216;rejected silver&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because the <sc>Lordsc> rejects them.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The prophets will prove to be full of wind.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> has not spoken through them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So, let what they say happen to them.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Then heaven and earth and all that is in themp> <p class="poetry">will sing for joy over Babylon.p> <p class="poetry">For destroyers from the north will attack it,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p>

They also took the pots, shovels,<n id="1" /> trimming shears,<n id="2" /> basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">But you, <sc>Lordsc>, knowp> <p class="poetry">all their plots to kill me.p> <p class="poetry">Do not pardon their crimes!p> <p class="poetry">Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be brought down in defeat before you!p> <p class="poetry">Deal with them while you are still angry!<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven&#8217;t you? They are saying,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah<n id="2" /> that he chose.&#8217; So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation.<n id="3" />

&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="1" /> says, &#8216;You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted.<n id="3" />