<p class="poetry">Yet in days to comep> <p class="poetry">I will reverse Ammon&#8217;s ill fortune.&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will establish my sovereignty over Elam.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will destroy their king and their leaders,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Yet in days to comep> <p class="poetry">I will reverse Elam&#8217;s ill fortune.&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">So her young men will fall in her city squares.p> <p class="poetry">All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />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>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia,p> <p class="poetry">against her leaders and her men of wisdom.p>

But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done,<n id="1" /> says the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will make<n id="1" /> the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;After all of your evil &#8211; &#8220;Woe! Woe to you!&#8221; declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?p>

For I take no delight in the death of anyone,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. Repent and live!p>

So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">You will die the death of the uncircumcised<n id="1" /> by the hand of foreigners;p> <p class="poetry">for I have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will make their waters calm,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people,<n id="1" /> and I am your God, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

I will call for a sword to attack<n id="1" /> Gog<n id="2" /> on all my mountains, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>; every man&#8217;s sword will be against his brother.

You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>. It is the day I have spoken about.p>

All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial<n id="1" /> for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.