<p class="poetry">So he poured out his fierce anger on them,p> <p class="poetry">along with the devastation<n id="1" /> of war.p> <p class="poetry">Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it burned against them, but they did notice.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">his form was so marred he no longer looked human<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">so now<n id="2" /> he will startle<n id="3" /> many nations.p> <p class="poetry">Kings will be shocked by his exaltation,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for they will witness something unannounced to them,p> <p class="poetry">and they will understand something they had not heard about.p>

Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own<n id="1" /> and say, &#8220;We are safe!&#8221; You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!<n id="2" />

Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own<n id="1" /> is to be a hideout for robbers?<n id="2" /> You had better take note!<n id="3" /> I have seen for myself what you have done! says the <sc>Lordsc>.

So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own,<n id="1" /> this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors,<n id="2" /> just like I destroyed Shiloh.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;I have rejected them because<n id="1" /> the people of Judah have done what I consider evil.<n id="2" /> They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple<n id="3" /> which I have claimed for my own<n id="4" /> and have defiled it.

But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong,<n id="1" /> I will cancel the destruction<n id="2" /> I intended to do to it.

&#8220;Find Jeremiah<n id="1" /> and look out for him.<n id="2" /> Do not do anything to harm him,<n id="3" /> but do with him whatever he tells you.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you people who live in Dedan.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau.p> <p class="poetry">I have decided it is time for me to punish them.<n id="3" />p>

When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.<n id="1" />

Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans<n id="1" /> (but he will not see it),<n id="2" /> and there he will die.<n id="3" />

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

<p class="poetry">For her blood was in it;p> <p class="poetry">she poured it on an exposed rock;p> <p class="poetry">she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.p>

&#8220;Son of man, turn toward<n id="1" /> Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

&#8220;Son of man, turn toward<n id="1" /> Gog,<n id="2" /> of the land of Magog,<n id="3" /> the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.<n id="4" /> Prophesy against him

And you<n id="1" /> will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon<n id="2" /> of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the <sc>Lordsc>; this is a perpetual statute.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then there will arise in his place a despicable person<n id="1" /> to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;At the time of the end the king of the south will attack<n id="1" /> him. Then the king of the north will storm against him<n id="2" /> with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships.<n id="3" /> He<n id="4" /> will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.<n id="5" />