"Nowyou are proposingto subjugatefor yourselves the peopleof Judahand Jerusalemfor maleand femaleslaves.Surely,[do] you not [have] transgressionsof your ownagainst the LORDyour God?
"For behold,I am beginningto workcalamityin [this] citywhichis calledby My name,and shall you be completelyfreefrom punishment?You will not be freefrom punishment;for I am summoninga swordagainstallthe inhabitantsof the earth,"declaresthe LORDof hosts.'
"But ifthat slavesaysin his heart,'My masterwill be a long timein coming,'and beginsto beatthe slaves,[both] menand women,and to eatand drinkand get drunk;
