9. He who abides in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence. But he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will have his own life as booty.
10. For I have set My face against this city for disaster and not for good, says the Lord. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.
11. Concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the word of the Lord,
12. O house of David; thus says the Lord: Execute justice each morning,and deliver him who has been robbedfrom the hand of the oppressor,lest My fury go out like fireand burn so that no one can quench it,because of the evil of your deeds.
13. See, I am against you,O inhabitant of the valley,O rocky plain,says the Lord,you men who say,“Who shall come down against us?Or who shall enter our dwellings?”
14. But I will punish youaccording to the fruit of your deeds,says the Lord,and I will kindle a fire in the forest,and it will devour all things around it.