<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">I did not spend my time in the company of other people,p> <p class="poetry">laughing and having a good time.p> <p class="poetry">I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.p>

But they just keep saying, &#8216;We do not care what you say!<n id="1" /> We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Sing to the <sc>Lordsc>! Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">People of Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly.p> <p class="poetry">Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For your allies<n id="3" /> have all been defeated.p>

<p class="poetry">Moreover,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Both the prophets and priests are godless.p> <p class="poetry">I have even found them doing evil in my temple!p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders.p> <p class="poetry">Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks.p> <p class="poetry">They are wailing because the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">is about to destroy their lands.<n id="1" />p>

They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so.<n id="1" /> But I did not send them. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Yes,<n id="1" /> here is what he says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You hear cries of panic and of terror;p> <p class="poetry">there is no peace in sight.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will rescue the descendants of Jacob.p> <p class="poetry">He will secure their release<n id="1" /> from those who had overpowered them.<n id="2" />p>

Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.<n id="1" />p>

King Zedekiah said to them, &#8220;Very well, you can do what you want with him.<n id="1" /> For I cannot do anything to stop you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

They went on to Egypt<n id="1" /> because they refused to obey the <sc>Lordsc>, and came to Tahpanhes.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as the enemy comes marching up in force.p> <p class="poetry">They will come against her with axesp> <p class="poetry">as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees.p>

<p class="poetry">Set up a gravestone for Moab,p> <p class="poetry">for it will certainly be laid in ruins!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Its cities will be laid wastep> <p class="poetry">and become uninhabited.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Moab has vaunted itself against me.p> <p class="poetry">So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">until he splashes<n id="2" /> around in his own vomit,p> <p class="poetry">until others treat him as a laughingstock.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look! Like an eagle with outspread wingsp> <p class="poetry">a nation will swoop down on Moab.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Moab, you are doomed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed.p> <p class="poetry">Your sons will be taken away captive.p> <p class="poetry">Your daughters will be carried away into exile.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Kill all her soldiers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be slaughtered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They are doomed,<n id="3" /> for their day of reckoning<n id="4" /> has come,p> <p class="poetry">the time for them to be punished.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the Lord <sc>Godsc> who rules over all.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed,<n id="3" /> your day of reckoning<n id="4" /> has come,p> <p class="poetry">the time when I will punish you.<n id="5" />p>