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>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Bring up an army<n id="1" /> against them and subject them<n id="2" /> to terror and plunder.

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship.<n id="1" /> Then you will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Woe to the city of bloodshed!p> <p class="poetry">I will also make the pile high.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">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">Because you think you are godlike,<n id="1" />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>

&#8220;Son of man, prophesy and say, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Wail, &#8220;Alas, the day is here!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar<n id="1" /> of Babylon.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;The sword of the king of Babylon<n id="1" /> will attack<n id="2" /> you.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>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Yet your people<n id="1" /> say, &#8216;The behavior<n id="2" /> of the Lord is not right,&#8217;<n id="3" /> when it is their behavior that is not right.

Yet you say, &#8216;The behavior of the Lord is not right.&#8217; House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

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>

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation.