The LORD will strike your country with diseases and disasters. Your descendants and foreigners from distant countries will see that your land
and the LORD sent burning sulphur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passer-by will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks.
May that man be like the towns you destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at midday.
People passing by your country will be shocked and horrified to see a disaster
as bad as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and towns nearby. The towns of Edom will be empty.
My anger will destroy Babylon, and no one will live there. Everyone who passes by will be shocked to see what has happened.
Israel, I can't let you go. I can't give you up. How could I possibly destroy you as I did the towns of Admah and Zeboiim? I just can't do it. My feelings for you are much too strong.
But land that produces only thorn bushes is worthless. It is likely to fall under God's curse, and in the end it will be set on fire.