And the earthwill becomedesolatebecauseof her inhabitants,On accountof the fruitof their deeds.
"According to whatI have seen,those who plowiniquityAnd those who sowtroubleharvestit.
"So they shall eatof the fruitof their own wayAnd be satiatedwith their own devices.
Giveher the productof her hands,And let her workspraiseher in the gates.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
In that daytheir strongcitieswill be like forsakenplacesin the forest,Or like brancheswhichthey abandonedbeforethe sonsof Israel;And the land will be a desolation.
"I, the LORD,searchthe heart,I testthe mind,Even to giveto eachmanaccording to his ways,According to the resultsof his deeds.
"But I will punishyou according to the resultsof your deeds,"declaresthe LORD,"And I will kindlea firein its forestThat it may devourallits environs."'"
Thiswholelandwill be a desolationand a horror,and thesenationswill servethe kingof Babylonseventyyears.
greatin counseland mightyin deed,whoseeyesare opento allthe waysof the sonsof men,givingto everyoneaccording to his waysand according to the fruitof his deeds;
"Then sayto the peopleof the land,'Thussaysthe LordGODconcerning the inhabitantsof Jerusalemin the landof Israel,"They will eattheir breadwith anxietyand drinktheir waterwith horror,becausetheir landwill be strippedof its fullnesson accountof the violenceof allwho livein it.
"I will makethe landa desolationand a waste,and the prideof her powerwill cease;and the mountainsof Israelwill be desolatesothat noonewill passthrough.
Therefore,on accountof you Zionwill be plowedas a field,Jerusalemwill becomea heapof ruins,And the mountainof the temple[will become] highplacesof a forest.
Thenthey will cryout to the LORD,But He will not answerthem. Instead, He will hideHis facefrom them at that timeBecausethey have practicedevildeeds.
ThereforeHe will givethem [up] untilthe timeWhen she who is in laborhas bornea child. Then the remainderof His brethrenWill returnto the sonsof Israel.
"So alsoI will make[you] sick,strikingyou down,Desolating[you] becauseof your sins.
