and He said, Listen, all Judah, and the one living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat; so says Jehovah to you, You shall not fear and not be terrified of the face of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but it is God’s.
For as this girdle holds fast to the loins of a man, so I have caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me for a people, and for a name, and for praise, and for glory; but they would not hear.
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those who remain of this evil family, those who remain there in all the places there where I have driven them away, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts.
Sons of Israel, hear the Word of Jehovah, for Jehovah has a quarrel with those living in the land; for there is no truth, and no mercy, and no knowledge of God in the land.
Hear this, O priests, and attend, house of Israel. And give ear, house of the king. For the judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare to Mizpeh, and a net spread on Tabor.
Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria, those press- ing down the poor ones, those crushing the needy ones, who say to their husbands, Bring in, that we may drink.
So thus says Jehovah: Behold, I am plotting an evil against this family, from which you shall not remove your necks from there; and you shall not go exalted, for it is an evil time.
Woe to those living on the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The Word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will cause you to perish, so as not one shall be living in it.