"But ifthey will not listen,then I will uprootthat nation,uprootand destroyit," declaresthe LORD.
"Behold,allthose who are angeredat you will be shamedand dishonored;Thosewhocontendwith you will be as nothingand will perish.
"For the nationand the kingdomwhichwill not serveyou will perish,And the nationswill be utterlyruined.
"At one momentI might speakconcerninga nationor concerninga kingdomto uproot,to pulldown,or to destroy[it];
"As I have watchedoverthem to pluckup, to breakdown,to overthrow,to destroyand to bringdisaster,soI will watchoverthem to buildand to plant,"declaresthe LORD.
But it was pluckedup in fury;It was castdownto the ground;And the eastwinddriedup its fruit.Its strongbranchwas tornoffSo that it withered;The fireconsumedit.
"But as soon as he has arisen,his kingdomwill be brokenup and parceledout toward the fourpointsof the compass,though not to his [own] descendants,noraccording to his authoritywhichhe wielded,for his sovereigntywill be uprootedand [given] to othersbesidesthem.
"I will rootout your Asherimfrom amongyou And destroyyour cities.
"But did not My wordsand My statutes,whichI commandedMy servantsthe prophets,overtakeyour fathers?Then they repentedand said,As the LORDof hostspurposedto doto us in accordance with our waysand our deeds,soHe has dealtwith us.'"'"
"But theseenemiesof mine,who did not wantme to reignoverthem, bringthem hereand slaythem in my presence."
dealingout retributionto thosewho do not knowGodand to thosewho do not obeythe gospelof our LordJesus.
