<p class="bodytext">When Josiah was king of Judah, the <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done.<n id="1" /> You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;I will take a sprig<n id="1" /> from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs;p> <p class="poetry">I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.p>

<p class="poetry">All the trees of the field will know that I am the <sc>Lord.sc>p> <p class="poetry">I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree.p> <p class="poetry">I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout.p> <p class="poetry">I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, and I will do it!&#8217;&#8221;p>

&#8220;Son of man, say to the prince<n id="1" /> of Tyre, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Your heart is proud<n id="2" /> and you said, &#8220;I am a god;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas&#8221; &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">yet you are a man and not a god,p> <p class="poetry">though you think you are godlike.<n id="4" />p>

The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet<n id="1" /> high, with its length 3½ feet;<n id="2" /> its corners, its length,<n id="3" /> and its walls were of wood. He said to me, &#8220;This is the table that is before the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;After these things,<n id="1" /> as I was watching, another beast<n id="2" /> like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back.<n id="3" /> This beast had four heads,<n id="4" /> and ruling authority was given to it.p>