"For the dayof the LORDdrawsnearon allthe nations.As you have done,it will be doneto you. Your dealingswill returnon your own head.
But when it cameto the king'sattention,he commandedby letterthat his wickedschemewhichhe had devisedagainstthe Jews,should returnon his own headand that he and his sonsshould be hangedon the gallows.
"Whyare timesnot storedup by the Almighty,And why do those who knowHim not seeHis days?
O daughterof Babylon,you devastatedone, How blessedwill be the one whorepaysyou With the recompensewith whichyou have repaidus.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
Thussaysthe LORDconcerningallMy wickedneighborswho strikeat the inheritancewith whichI have endowedMy peopleIsrael,"BeholdI am about to uprootthem from their landand will uprootthe houseof Judahfrom amongthem.
For thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,those whowere not sentencedto drinkthe cupwill certainlydrink[it], and are you the onewho will be completelyacquitted?You will not be acquitted,but you will certainlydrink[it].
"SummonmanyagainstBabylon,Allthose who bendthe bow:Encampagainsther on everyside,Let there be noescape. Repayher according to her work;According to allthat she has done,[so] doto her; For she has becomearrogantagainstthe LORD,Againstthe HolyOneof Israel.
For the destroyeris comingagainsther, againstBabylon,And her mightymenwill be captured,Their bowsare shattered;For the LORDis a Godof recompense,He will fullyrepay.
"For the dayis near,Even the dayof the LORDis near;It will be a dayof clouds,A time[of doom] for the nations.
thereforeas I live,"declaresthe LordGOD,"I will deal[with you] according to your angerand according to your envywhichyou showedbecauseof your hatredagainst them; so I will makeMyself knownamong them whenI judgeyou.
"As you rejoicedover the inheritanceof the houseof Israelbecauseit was desolate,soI will doto you. You will be a desolation,O MountSeir,and allEdom,allof it. Then they will knowthat I am the LORD."'
Alasfor the day!For the dayof the LORDis near,And it will comeas destructionfrom the Almighty.
Blowa trumpetin Zion,And soundan alarmon My holymountain!Let allthe inhabitantsof the landtremble,For the dayof the LORDis coming;Surelyit is near,
The LORDuttersHis voicebeforeHis army;SurelyHis campis verygreat,For strongis he who carriesout His word.The dayof the LORDis indeedgreatand veryawesome,And who can endureit?
Alas,you who are longingfor the dayof the LORD,For whatpurpose[will] the dayof the LORD[be] to you? It [will be] darknessand not light;
[Will] not the dayof the LORD[be] darknessinsteadof light,Even gloomwith nobrightnessin it?
"And I will executevengeancein angerand wrathOn the nationswhichhave not obeyed."
"Becauseyou have lootedmanynations,Allthe remainderof the peopleswill lootyou-- Becauseof humanbloodshedand violencedone to the land,To the townand allits inhabitants.
"For in the wayyou judge,you will be judged;and by your standardof measure,it will be measuredto you.
For judgment[will be] mercilessto one who has shownnomercy;mercytriumphs overjudgment.
Adoni-bezeksaid,"Seventykingswith their thumbsand their bigtoescutoffused to gatherup [scraps] undermy table;as I have done,soGodhas repaidme." So they broughthim to Jerusalemand he diedthere.
