19. I will bring Israel again to his pasture,and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan.His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
20. In those days, and in that time,” says the Lord,“the iniquity of Israel will be sought for,and there will be none;also the sins of Judah,and they won’t be found;for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
21. “Go up against the land of Merathaim,even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod.Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the Lord,“and do according to all that I have commanded you.
22. A sound of battle is in the land,and of great destruction.
23. How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken!How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!