"But they do not knowthe thoughtsof the LORD,And they do not understandHis purpose;For He has gatheredthem like sheavesto the threshingfloor.
He declaresHis wordsto Jacob,His statutesand His ordinancesto Israel.
He has not dealtthuswith anynation;And as for His ordinances,they have not knownthem. Praisethe LORD!
Yet it does not sointend,Nordoes it plansoin its heart,But ratherit is its purposeto destroyAnd to cutoffmanynations.
O my threshed[people], and my afflictedof the threshingfloor!WhatI have heardfrom the LORDof hosts,The Godof Israel,I makeknownto you.
And the multitudeof allthe nationswho wagewaragainstAriel,Even allwho wagewaragainst her and her stronghold,and who distressher, Will be like a dream,a visionof the night.
"For My thoughtsare not your thoughts,Norare your waysMy ways,"declaresthe LORD.
For I knowthe plansthat I havefor you,' declaresthe LORD,'plansfor welfareand not for calamityto giveyou a futureand a hope.
[He says], "You are My war-club,[My] weaponof war;And with you I shatternations,And with you I destroykingdoms.
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel:"The daughterof Babylonis like a threshingfloorAt the timeit is stampedfirm;Yetin a littlewhilethe timeof harvestwill comefor her."
I will gatherallthe nationsAnd bringthem downto the valleyof Jehoshaphat.Then I will enterinto judgmentwith them thereOn behalfof My peopleand My inheritance,Israel,Whomthey have scatteredamong the nations;And they have dividedup My land.
"His winnowing forkis in His handto thoroughly clearHis threshing floor,and to gatherthe wheatinto His barn;but He will burnup the chaffwith unquenchablefire."
