And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith YY -TZvaot.
Hear the word of YY , ye children of Yisrael: for YY hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of Elohim in the land.
And he said, Hearken ye, all Yhudah, and ye inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and thou king Yhoshafat, Thus saith YY unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but Elohim's.
Hear ye this, O kohanim; and hearken, ye house of Yisrael; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tavor.
Hearken unto me, O house of Yaakov, and all the remnant of the house of Yisrael, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Yisrael and the whole house of Yhudah, saith YY ; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Therefore thus saith YY ; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of YY is against you; O Kenaan, the land of the Plishtim, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Shomron, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.