"Takeagainsomeof them and throwthem into the fireand burnthem in the fire;from it a firewill spreadto allthe houseof Israel.
But it cameabout in the seventhmonth,that Ishmaelthe sonof Nethaniah,the sonof Elishama,of the royalfamily,camewith tenmenand struckGedaliahdown so that he diedalong with the Jewsand the Chaldeanswhowere with him at Mizpah.
"Circumciseyourselves to the LORDAnd removethe foreskinsof your heart,Menof Judahand inhabitantsof Jerusalem,OrelseMy wrathwill goforthlike fireAnd burnwith noneto quenchit, Becauseof the evilof your deeds."
"In the shadowof HeshbonThe fugitivesstandwithoutstrength;For a firehas goneforthfrom HeshbonAnd a flamefrom the midstof Sihon,And it has devouredthe foreheadof MoabAnd the scalpsof the riotousrevelers.
in the twenty-thirdyearof Nebuchadnezzar,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedinto exile745Jewishpeople;there were 4,600personsin all.
"Takealso a fewin numberfrom them and bindthem in the edgesof your [robes].
"Thussaysthe LordGOD,'Thisis Jerusalem;I have sether at the centerof the nations,with landsaroundher.