Thensaid the LORDunto me, ThoughMoses and Samuelstoodbefore me, yet my mindcould not be towardthispeople: castthem out of my sight, and let them go forth.
And it shallcome to pass, if they say untothee, Whithershall we go forth? thenthoushalttellthem, Thussaith the LORD; Such as are for death, 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 willappointoverthemfourkinds, 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 willcausethem to be removedinto all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiahking of Judah, for thatwhich he did in Jerusalem.
Theirwidows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I havebroughtuponthemagainst the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I havecaused him to fallupon it suddenly, and terrorsupon the city.
She thathathbornesevenlanguisheth: she hathgiven up the ghost; her sun is gonedownwhile it was yet day: she hathbeenashamed and confounded: and the residue of themwill I deliver to the swordbeforetheirenemies, saith the LORD.
Woe is me, my mother, thatthouhastborne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the wholeearth! I haveneitherlent on usury, nor men havelent to me on usury; yet every one of themdothcurse me.
The LORDsaid, Verily it shall be wellwith thy remnant; verily I willcause the enemy to entreattheewell in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
O LORD, thouknowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: knowthat for thy sake I havesufferedrebuke.
Thereforethussaith the LORD, If thoureturn, thenwill I bringtheeagain, and thoushaltstandbefore me: and if thoutakeforth the preciousfrom the vile, thoushalt be as my mouth: let themreturnuntothee; but return not thouuntothem.
And I willmaketheeuntothispeople a fencedbrasenwall: and theyshallfightagainstthee, but theyshall not prevailagainstthee: for I am withthee to savethee and to deliverthee, saith the LORD.