¶ Then said the LORD unto me, Though¹ Moses² and Samuel stood³ before me, yet my mind⁴ could not be toward this people: cast⁵ them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death⁶, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

And I will⁷ appoint over them four kinds⁸, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

And I will cause them to be removed⁹ into all kingdoms of the earth, because¹⁰ of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

For who¹¹ shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest¹²?

Thou hast forsaken¹³ me, saith the LORD, thou art¹⁴ gone backward: therefore will I stretch¹⁵ out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am¹⁶ weary with repenting.

And I will fan¹⁷ them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave¹⁸ them of children,¹⁹ I will destroy my people, since²⁰ they return not from their ways.

Their widows²¹ are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother²² of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

She that hath²³ borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun²⁴ is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the²⁵ residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

¶ Woe is me, my²⁶ mother, that thou hast borne me a man²⁷ of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have²⁸ neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse²⁹ me.

The LORD said, Verily it³⁰ shall be well with thy remnant; verily I³¹ will cause the enemy to entreat thee³² well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

Shall iron³³ break the northern iron and the steel?

Thy substance³⁴ and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without³⁵ price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

And I will make thee to pass³⁶ with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire³⁷ is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

¶ O LORD, thou³⁸ knowest: remember³⁹ me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take⁴⁰ me not away in thy longsuffering: know⁴¹ that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

Thy words were found, and I did⁴² eat them; and thy word⁴³ was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name⁴⁴, O LORD God of hosts.

I sat not⁴⁵ in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone⁴⁶ because of thy hand: for⁴⁷ thou hast filled me with indignation.

Why is my pain⁴⁸ perpetual, and my wound⁴⁹ incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a⁵⁰ liar, and as⁵¹ waters that fail⁵²?

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return⁵³, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand⁵⁴ before me: and if thou take⁵⁵ forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my⁵⁶ mouth: let them⁵⁷ return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

¶ And I will⁵⁸ make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but⁵⁹ they shall not prevail against thee: for⁶⁰ I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

And I will deliver⁶¹ thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible⁶².