<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look,<n id="1" /> I am against you,<n id="2" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations.

and say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him<n id="1" /> for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers<n id="1" /> and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?

and say to them,<n id="1" /> &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: Look,<n id="2" /> I am against you.<n id="3" /> I will draw my sword<n id="4" /> from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.<n id="5" />

&#8220;Son of man, prophesy and say: &#8216;This is what the Lord says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;A sword, a sword is sharpened,p> <p class="poetry">and also polished.p>

<p class="poetry">this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Tear off the turban,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">take off the crown!p> <p class="poetry">Things must change!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Exalt the lowly,p> <p class="poetry">bring down the proud!<n id="3" />p>

Then say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom),<n id="1" /> and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),

Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Because all of you<n id="1" /> have become slag, look out! &#8211; I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash.<n id="1" /> They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says,&#8217; when the <sc>Lordsc> has not spoken.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look here,<n id="1" /> I am about to deliver you over to<n id="2" /> those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;You will drink your sister&#8217;s deep and wide cup;<n id="1" /> you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me,<n id="1" /> you must bear now the punishment<n id="2" /> for your obscene conduct and prostitution.&#8221;p>

On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.p>

Recite a proverb to this rebellious house<n id="1" /> and say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Set on the pot,<n id="2" /> set it on,p> <p class="poetry">pour water in it too;p>

For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn<n id="1" /> over the land of Israel,

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;Moab<n id="1" /> and Seir say, &#8220;Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.&#8221;