Thereforethisiniquitywill be to you Like a breachabout to fall,A bulgein a highwall,Whosecollapsecomessuddenlyin an instant,
But the restfledto Aphekinto the city,and the wallfellon 27,000menwho were left.And Ben-hadadfledand cameinto the cityinto an innerchamber.
"[Beware] that wrathdoes not enticeyou to scoffing;And do not let the greatnessof the ransomturnyou aside.
Howlongwill you assaila man,That you may murder[him], allof you, Like a leaningwall,like a totteringfence?
They have counseledonlyto thrusthim downfrom his highposition;They delightin falsehood;They blesswith their mouth,But inwardlythey curse.Selah.
A manwho hardens[his] neckafter much reproofWill suddenlybe brokenbeyondremedy.
Thereforehis calamitywill comesuddenly;Instantlyhe will be brokenand therewill be nohealing.
But the LORDof hostsrevealedHimself to me, "Surelythisiniquityshall not be forgivenyou Untilyou die,"saysthe LordGODof hosts.
For behold,the LORDis about to comeout from His placeTo punishthe inhabitantsof the earthfor their iniquity;And the earthwill revealher bloodshedAnd will nolongercoverher slain.
But the multitudeof your enemieswill becomelike finedust,And the multitudeof the ruthlessoneslike the chaffwhich blowsaway;And it will happeninstantly,suddenly.
The lightof the moonwill be as the lightof the sun,and the lightof the sunwill be seventimes[brighter], like the lightof sevendays,on the daythe LORDbindsup the fractureof His peopleand healsthe bruiseHe has inflicted.
"But evilwill comeon you Which you will not knowhow to charmaway;And disasterwill fallon you For which you cannotatone;And destructionabout which you do not knowWill comeon you suddenly.
"I declaredthe formerthingslongagoAnd they wentforthfrom My mouth,and I proclaimedthem. SuddenlyI acted,and they cameto pass.
"Those from among you will rebuildthe ancientruins;You will raiseup the age-oldfoundations;And you will be calledthe repairerof the breach,The restorerof the streetsin which to dwell.
Both their own iniquitiesand the iniquitiesof their fatherstogether,"saysthe LORD."Becausethey have burnedincenseon the mountainsAnd scornedMe on the hills,Therefore I will measuretheir formerworkinto their bosom."
"The rainfell,and the floodscame,and the windsblewand slammed againstthat house;and it fell--and greatwas its fall."
"But the one who has heardand has not acted[accordingly], is likea manwho builta houseon the groundwithoutany foundation;and the torrentburst againstit and immediatelyit collapsed,and the ruinof that housewas great."
