I tookmy staffFavorand cutit in pieces,to breakmy covenantwhichI had madewith allthe peoples.
Out of Zion,the perfectionof beauty,Godhas shoneforth.
You have spurnedthe covenantof Your servant;You have profanedhis crownin the dust.
Let the favorof the Lordour Godbe upon us; And confirmfor us the workof our hands;Yes, confirmthe workof our hands.
Do not despise[us], for Your own name'ssake;Do not disgracethe throneof Your glory;Remember[and] do not annulYour covenantwith us.
Speakto the houseof Israel,"Thussaysthe LordGOD,'Behold,I am about to profaneMy sanctuary,the prideof your power,the desireof your eyesand the delightof your soul;and your sonsand your daughterswhomyou have leftbehindwill fallby the sword.
"Then afterthe sixty-twoweeksthe Messiahwill be cutoffand havenothing,and the peopleof the princewho is to comewill destroythe cityand the sanctuary.And its end[will come] with a flood;even to the endthere will be war;desolationsare determined.
And the LORD said,"Namehim Lo-ammi,for you are not My peopleand I am not your God."
So I pasturedthe flock[doomed] to slaughter,hencethe afflictedof the flock.And I tookfor myself twostaffs:the oneI calledFavorand the otherI calledUnion;so I pasturedthe flock.
According to the numberof dayswhichyou spiedout the land,fortydays,for everydayyou shall bearyour guilta year,[even] fortyyears,and you will knowMy opposition.
"TrulyI sayto you, thisgenerationwill not pass awayuntilall thingstake place.
"Thereforethe LORDGodof Israeldeclares,I did indeedsaythat your houseand the houseof your fathershould walkbeforeMe forever;but nowthe LORDdeclares,'Farbe it from Me-- for those who honorMe I will honor,and those who despiseMe will be lightlyesteemed.
