‘I make you a horror, and let you be no more. And you are sought for, but never found again,’ declares the Master יהוה.”
Yet he passed away, and see, he was not; And I sought him, but he was not found.
“For thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am making you a fear to yourself and to all your friends. And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, while your eyes see it. And I shall give all Yehuḏ
and shall say, ‘So does Baḇ
The word of יהוה came again to me, saying,
‘The merchants among the peoples shall whistle at you. You shall become a horror, and be no more, forever.’ ” ’ ”
“All who knew you among the peoples were astonished at you. Waste you shall be, and cease to be, forever.” ’ ”
“Then he shall turn his face toward the strongholds of his own land, but shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
And one mighty messenger picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “With such a rush the great city Baḇ