That whichcameas the wordof the LORDto Jeremiahthe prophetconcerningthe nations.
From thesethe coastlandsof the nationswere separatedinto their lands,everyoneaccording to his language,according to their families,into their nations.
"See,I have appointedyou thisdayoverthe nationsand overthe kingdoms,To pluckup and to breakdown,To destroyand to overthrow,To buildand to plant."
"A lionhas goneup from his thicket,And a destroyerof nationshas setout; He has goneout from his placeTo makeyour landa waste.Your citieswill be ruinsWithoutinhabitant.
"He will also comeand strikethe landof Egypt;those whoare [meant] for death[will be given over] to death,and those for captivityto captivity,and those for the swordto the sword.
In the tenthyear,in the tenth[month], on the twelfthof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
The wordof the LORDcameagain to me saying,
In the eleventhyear,in the third[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
In the twelfthyear,in the twelfth[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
Will they thereforeemptytheir netAnd continuallyslaynationswithoutsparing?
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"AftergloryHe has sentme againstthe nationswhich plunderyou, for he who touchesyou, touchesthe appleof His eye.
"As I seehim from the topof the rocks,And I lookat him from the hills;Behold,a people[who] dwellsapart,And will not be reckonedamong the nations.
Oris God[the God] of Jewsonly?Is He not [the God] of Gentilesalso?Yes,of Gentilesalso,