For the <sc>Lordsc> your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.p>

Written in it were the following words:p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;Among the nations it is rumored<n id="1" /> (and Geshem<n id="2" /> has substantiated<n id="3" /> this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors<n id="4" /> you are going to become their king.

I will perform a mighty act among them<n id="1" /> and then send some of those who remain to the nations &#8211; to Tarshish, Pul,<n id="2" /> Lud<n id="3" /> (known for its archers<n id="4" />), Tubal, Javan,<n id="5" /> and to the distant coastlands<n id="6" /> that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Announce<n id="1" /> the news among the nations! Proclaim it!p> <p class="poetry">Signal for people to pay attention!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Babylon will be captured.p> <p class="poetry">Bel<n id="3" /> will be put to shame.p> <p class="poetry">Marduk will be dismayed.p> <p class="poetry">Babylon&#8217;s idols will be put to shame.p> <p class="poetry">Her disgusting images<n id="4" /> will be dismayed.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Raise up battle flags throughout the lands.p> <p class="poetry">Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle.p> <p class="poetry">Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Call for these kingdoms to attack her:p> <p class="poetry">Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Appoint a commander to lead the attack.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Send horses<n id="4" /> against her like a swarm of locusts.<n id="5" />p>

Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize<n id="1" /> how I was crushed by their unfaithful<n id="2" /> heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves<n id="3" /> because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore say: &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little<n id="1" /> sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.&#8217;p>

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation<n id="1" /> which you profaned among the nations where you went.

I will magnify<n id="1" /> my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the <sc>Lord,sc> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> responded<n id="1" /> to his people,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Look! I am about to restore your grain<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as well as fresh wine and olive oil.p> <p class="poetry">You will be fully satisfied.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will gather all the nations,p> <p class="poetry">and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will enter into judgment<n id="2" /> against them therep> <p class="poetry">concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whom they scattered among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They partitioned my land,p>

<p class="poetry">Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations,p> <p class="poetry">in the midst of many peoples.p> <p class="poetry">They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,p> <p class="poetry">like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,p> <p class="poetry">which attacks when it passes through;p> <p class="poetry">it rips its prey<n id="1" /> and there is no one to stop it.<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all, &#8220;and my name is awesome among the nations.&#8221;p>