I will bringdistressto Ariel,And she will be [a city of] lamentingand mourning;And she will be like an Arielto me.
"I hateyour newmoon[festivals] and your appointedfeasts,They have becomea burdento Me; I am wearyof bearing[them].
Yettodayhe will haltat Nob;He shakeshis fistat the mountainof the daughterof Zion,the hillof Jerusalem.
At eveningtime,behold,[there is] terror!Beforemorningthey are nomore.Such[will be] the portionof those who plunderus And the lotof those who pillageus.
And her gateswill lamentand mourn,And desertedshe will siton the ground.
The swordof the LORDis filledwith blood,It is satedwith fat,with the bloodof lambsand goats,With the fatof the kidneysof rams.For the LORDhas a sacrificein BozrahAnd a greatslaughterin the landof Edom.
Then Eliakimthe sonof Hilkiah,whowas overthe household,and Shebnathe scribeand Joahthe sonof Asaph,the recorder,cameto Hezekiahwith their clothestornand toldhim the wordsof Rabshakeh.
They saidto him, "ThussaysHezekiah,'Thisdayis a dayof distress,rebukeand rejection;for childrenhave cometo birth,and thereis nostrengthto deliver.
The Lordhas becomelike an enemy.He has swallowedup Israel;He has swallowedup allits palaces,He has destroyedits strongholdsAnd multipliedin the daughterof JudahMourningand moaning.
"Thus I have pouredout My indignationon them; I have consumedthem with the fireof My wrath;their wayI have broughtupon their heads,"declaresthe LordGOD.
"As for you, sonof man,thussaysthe LordGOD,'Speakto everykindof birdand to everybeastof the field,"Assembleand come,gatherfrom everysideto My sacrificewhichI am going to sacrificefor you, as a greatsacrificeon the mountainsof Israel,that you may eatfleshand drinkblood.
