"Then afterwards,"declaresthe LORD,"I will giveover Zedekiahkingof Judahand his servantsand the people,even those who survivein thiscityfrom the pestilence,the swordand the famine,into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,and into the handof their foesand into the handof those who seektheir lives;and he will strikethem downwith the edgeof the sword.He will not sparethem norhavepitynorcompassion."'
behold,I will sendand takeallthe familiesof the north,'declaresthe LORD,'and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,My servant,and will bringthem againstthislandand againstits inhabitantsand againstallthesenationsroundabout;and I will utterlydestroythem and makethem a horrorand a hissing,and an everlastingdesolation.