4. “Prepare war against her;arise, and let us go up at noon.”“Woe to us, for the day declines,for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”
5. “Arise, and let us go by nightand let us destroy her palaces.”
6. For thus says the Lord of Hosts: Hew down treesand build a mound against Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished.She is full of oppression in her midst.
7. As a fountain casts out her waters,so she casts out her wickedness.Violence and devastation are heard in her;before Me continually are grief and wounds.
8. Be instructed, O Jerusalem,lest My soul depart from you;lest I make you desolate,a land not inhabited.
9. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: They will thoroughly gleanthe remnant of Israel as a vine.Turn back your handas a grape gatherer into the baskets.
10. To whom shall I speak and give warningthat they may hear?See, their ears are closed,and they cannot listen.Indeed, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;they have no delight in it.
11. Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord;I am weary with holding in. I will pour it out upon the children in the streetand upon the assembly of young men together;for even the husband with the wife shall be taken,the aged with him who is full of days.