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2 Kings 19:21

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This is the message that the Lord speaks to him, ‘My dear people in Zion despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back.

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I, too, could speak like you if we could trade places. I could string words together against you and shake my head at you.

I have become the victim of my enemies’ insults. They look at me and shake their heads.

You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.

You made our ⌞defeat⌟ a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us.

so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation.

My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.”

Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

He says, “You will no longer be joyful, my dear abused people Sidon.” Get up, and travel to Cyprus. Even there you will find no rest.

Go, sit in the dirt, virgin princess of Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called soft and delicate.

Go into the dark, and sit in silence, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

“Say this to them: ‘My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.’ ”

“This is what the Lord says: Ask among the nations if anyone has ever heard anything like this. The people of Israel have done a very horrible thing.

Once again I will build you up, and you will be rebuilt, my dear people Israel. Once again you will take your tambourines, and you will go dancing with happy people.

Go to Gilead, and get medicine, dear people of Egypt. You have used many medicines without results; you can’t be cured.

The Lord has treated all the warriors inside my ⌞walls⌟ with contempt. He called an army to defeat my young men. The Lord trampled the people of Judah in a winepress.

“What example can I give you? What parallel can I show you, people of Jerusalem? What comparison can I make that will comfort you, beloved people of Zion? Your wounds are as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Everyone who walks along the road shakes a fist at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Jerusalem’s people: ‘Is this the city they used to call absolutely beautiful, the joy of the whole world?’

“Rejoice and be glad, people of Edom, inhabitants of the country of Uz. The cup ⌞of the Lord’s fury⌟ will be passed to you next. You’ll get drunk and take off all your clothes.

The people of Israel have fallen, never to rise again. They lie abandoned in their own land. There is no one to help them.

You, Jerusalem, watchtower of the flock, stronghold of the people of Zion, your former government will come back to you. The kingdom will return to the people of Jerusalem.

Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion! Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem! Look! Your King is coming to you: He is righteous and victorious. He is humble and rides on a donkey, on a colt, a young pack animal.

Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads




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