"Now you sonof man,getyourself a brick,placeit beforeyou and inscribea cityon it, Jerusalem.
"Indeedthiscityhas beento Me [a] [provocation of] My angerand My wrathfrom the daythat they builtit, even to thisday,so that it should be removedfrom beforeMy face,
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Cutdownher treesAnd castup a siegeagainstJerusalem.Thisis the cityto be punished,In whose midstthere is onlyoppression.
"As for you, sonof man,maketwowaysfor the swordof the kingof Babylonto come;bothof them will goout of oneland.And makea signpost;makeit at the headof the wayto the city.
I have also spokento the prophets,And I gavenumerousvisions,And throughthe prophetsI gaveparables.
"You onlyhave I chosenamongallthe familiesof the earth;ThereforeI will punishyou for allyour iniquities."
