And after all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since You our God have held back the rod on our iniquities, and have given us such an escape as this,
For we were slaves, yet our God has not left us in our bondage, but has given mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to raise up the house of our God, and to make stand its ruins, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
And it yields much increase to the kings whom You have given to be over us because of our sinning. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.
But it is a people robbed and plundered; they shall all be snared in holes; they were hidden in houses of restraint. They were for plunder, and not one delivers; a prey, and not one says, Return!
Its roaring shall be like a lion; they shall roar like young lions. Yea, they roar and seize the prey and bring it away safely; and not one shall deliver.
Therefore I will divide to Him with the great, and with the strong He shall divide the spoil; because He poured out His soul to death; and He was numbered with those transgressing; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for those transgressing.
And He said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is perished; we are cut off to ourselves.
Behold, I am against you, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts; and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. And I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall not be heard any more.
Or how is anyone able to enter the house of the strong one and plunder his goods, if he does not first bind the strong one; and then he will plunder his house?
No one, not any, having entered into his house, is able to plunder the vessels of the strong one, unless he first tie up the strong one; and then he will plunder his house.