And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with utter destruction.
But He shall judge the poor ones in righteousness, and shall decide with uprightness for the humble ones of the earth. And He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and He shall cause the wicked one to die with the breath of His lip.
On account of this a curse has devoured the land; and they living in it are held guilty. Therefore those living in the land are burned, and few men remaining.
Yea, all Israel has transgressed Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice. And the curse has poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
For I will not again pity those living in the land, a statement of Jehovah. But, behold! I will cause to be found the men, each man into his neighbor’s hand, and into his king’s hand. And they shall crush the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.
And this shall be the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. And the city shall be captured, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished. And half the city shall go into exile and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For from now on all who steal shall be cleared away according to it; and all who swear from now on shall be cleared away according to it.
And out of His mouth goes forth a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of God Almighty.