43. There you shall remember your ways and all your deeds in which you have been defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
44. You shall know that I am the Lord when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.
45. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
46. Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negev.
47. And say to the forest of the Negev, Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.
48. All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it. It shall not be quenched.
49. Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”