<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> removed the defenses<n id="2" /> of Judah.p> <p class="poetry">At that time<n id="3" /> you lookedp> <p class="poetry">for the weapons in the House of the Forest.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time the sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,p> <p class="poetry">for shaved heads and sackcloth.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will become a beautiful crownp> <p class="poetry">and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll,p> <p class="poetry">and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason my people will know my name,p> <p class="poetry">for this reason they will know<n id="1" /> at that time<n id="2" /> that I am the one who says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Here I am.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I will scatter them before their enemiesp> <p class="poetry">like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind.p> <p class="poetry">I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when disaster strikes them.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

<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>

You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the <sc>Lordsc>.

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day<n id="1" /> they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the <sc>Lordsc> on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

At that time,<n id="1" /> I will destroy the military power<n id="2" /> of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">What I am declaring<n id="2" /> to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Bravehearted<n id="1" /> warriors will run away naked in that day.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is speaking!p>

<p class="poetry">At that time,&#8221;<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will destroy the wise sages of Edom!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the advisers<n id="3" /> from Esau&#8217;s mountain!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You should not have stood at the fork in the road<n id="1" /> to slaughter<n id="2" /> those trying to escape.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;I will gather the lame,p> <p class="poetry">and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will destroy<n id="1" /> your horses from your midst,p> <p class="poetry">and smash your chariots.p>

<p class="poetry">On that day they will say<n id="1" /> to Jerusalem,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid, Zion!p> <p class="poetry">Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!<n id="2" />p>