For I am with thee, saith Yahweh, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth Yahweh our Elohim all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange elohim in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Sovereign Yahweh Wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Sovereign Yahweh Wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
Art thou not from everlasting, O Yahweh my Elohim, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Yahweh, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty Rock, thou hast established them for correction.