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.
And I will takeaway the remnantof Judahwhohave settheir mindon enteringthe landof Egyptto residethere,and they will allmeettheir endin the landof Egypt;they will fallby the sword[and] meettheir endby famine.Bothsmalland greatwill dieby the swordand famine;and they will becomea curse,an objectof horror,an imprecationand a reproach.