<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will make you serve your enemies<n id="1" /> in a land that you know nothing about.p> <p class="poetry">For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will set fire to your palace;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn up everything around it.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will stumble and fall, you proud city;p> <p class="poetry">no one will help you get up.p> <p class="poetry">I will set fire to your towns;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn up everything that surrounds you.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lordsc>, once called<n id="1" /> you a thriving olive tree,p> <p class="poetry">one that produced beautiful fruit.p> <p class="poetry">But I will set you<n id="2" /> on fire,p> <p class="poetry">fire that will blaze with a mighty roar.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Then all your branches will be good for nothing.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the shadows of the walls of Heshbonp> <p class="poetry">those trying to escape will stand helpless.p> <p class="poetry">For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon.p> <p class="poetry">Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon.p> <p class="poetry">They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab,p> <p class="poetry">the skulls of those war-loving people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will lose your hold on the land<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which I gave to you as a permanent possession.p> <p class="poetry">I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about.p> <p class="poetry">For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through<n id="1" /> the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.&#8217;&#8221;p>

He will set fire<n id="1" /> to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives.<n id="2" /> He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing.<n id="3" /> He will leave there unharmed.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Babylon&#8217;s thick wall<n id="2" /> will be completely demolished.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her high gates will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The peoples strive for what does not satisfy.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>