Then everyone will know that I am the <sc>Lord,sc> who drew my sword from its sheath &#8211; it will not be sheathed again!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">I too will clap my hands together,p> <p class="poetry">I will exhaust my rage;p> <p class="poetry">I the <sc>Lordsc> have spoken.&#8221;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>

<p class="poetry">You will become fuel for the fire &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">your blood will stain the middle of the land;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer be remembered,p> <p class="poetry">for I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken.&#8217;&#8221;p>

Can your heart endure,<n id="1" /> or can your hands be strong when I deal with you?<n id="2" /> I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, and I will do it!

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have poured out my anger on you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

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.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to me: &#8220;Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment<n id="1" /> on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;I the <sc>Lordsc> have spoken; judgment<n id="1" /> is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry!<n id="2" /> I will judge you<n id="3" /> according to your conduct<n id="4" /> and your deeds, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

On that day you will be able to speak again;<n id="1" /> you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon<n id="1" /> a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.

I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience<n id="1" /> my vengeance, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes.<n id="1" /> Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>, when I exact my vengeance upon them.&#8217;&#8221;p>

I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again,<n id="1" /> for I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">I will send a plague into the city<n id="1" /> and bloodshed into its streets;p> <p class="poetry">the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it<n id="2" /> from every side.p> <p class="poetry">Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">because they were a reed staff<n id="1" /> for the house of Israel;p>

The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="bodytext">Because he said, &#8220;The Nile is mine and I made it,&#8221;

It will never again be Israel&#8217;s source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help.<n id="1" /> Then they will know that I am the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;&#8221;p>

On that day I will make Israel powerful,<n id="1" /> and I will give you the right to be heard<n id="2" /> among them. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>