9. He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Kasdim who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.
10. For I have set my face on this city for evil, 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, hear the Lord’s word:
12. House of David, the Lord says,‘Execute justice in the morning,and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor,lest my wrath go out like fire,and burn so that no one can quench it,because of the evil of your doings.
13. Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,and of the rock of the plain,’ says the Lord.‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?”or “Who would enter into our homes?”
14. I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord;and I will kindle a fire in her forest,and it will devour all that is around her.’”