“YHWH says, ‘Look, I am going to bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, including all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
If y’all violate the covenant of YHWH y’all’s God, which ʜᴇ commanded y’all, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them, then YHWH’s anger will be kindled against y’all, and y’all will perish quickly from the good land which ʜᴇ has given to y’all.”
I will punish him, his descendants, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah, all the disaster that I have warned them about, but they didn’t listen.”’”
“Therefore YHWH, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Look, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.’”
“YHWH Almighty, the God of Israel says, ‘Look! I am going to bring on this city and on all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”
Say, ‘Y’all must listen the word of YHWH, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: YHWH Almighty, the God of Israel says, “Look, I will bring disaster on this place that will make the ears tingle of everyone hears.
Listen, earth! I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words and they have rejected my law.
Those of y’all who are left will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of y’all’s enemies; also because of the iniquities of their ancestors they will waste away with them.
Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
“You, son of humanity, tell the house of Israel: ‘This is what y’all have said and said, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?”’