Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> me,
2“Do not <03808> get <03947> married <0802> and do not <03808> have children <01323> <01121> here in this <02088> land <04725>.
3For <03588> I, the Lord <03068>, tell <0559> you what will happen to <05921> the children <01323> <01121> who are born <03205> here in <05921> this <02088> land <04725> and to the men and women who are their mothers <0517> and fathers <01>.
4They will die <04191> of deadly <04463> diseases <08463>. No <03808> one will mourn <05594> for them. They will not <03808> be buried <06912>. Their dead bodies will lie like manure <01828> spread on <05921> the ground <0127>. They will be <01961> killed <03615> in war or die of starvation <07458>. Their corpses <05038> will be <01961> food <03978> for the birds <05775> and wild animals <0929>.
5“Moreover <03541> I, the Lord <03068>, tell <0559> you: ‘Do not <0408> go <0935> into a house <01004> where they are having a funeral <04798> meal. Do not <0408> go <01980> there to mourn <05594> and express <05110> your sorrow for <03588> them. For I have stopped showing <0622> them my good favor <07965>, my love <02617>, and my compassion <07356>. I, the Lord <03068>, so affirm <05002> it!
6Rich <01419> and poor <06996> alike will die <04191> in this <02063> land <0776>. They will not <03808> be buried <06912> or <03808> mourned <05594>. People will not <03808> cut <01413> their <01992> bodies or <03808> shave off their hair <07139> to show their grief for them <01992>.
7No <03808> one will take <06536> any food to <05921> those who mourn <060> for <05921> the dead <04191> to comfort <05162> them. No <03808> one will give <08248> them any wine to drink <08248> to console <08575> them for <05921> the loss of their father <01> or mother <0517>.
8“‘Do not <03808> go <0935> to a house <01004> where people are feasting <04960> and sit down <03427> to eat <0398> and drink <08354> with <0854> them either.
9For <03588> I, the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635>, tell <0559> you what will happen. I will put an end <07673> to the sounds <06963> of joy <08342> and gladness <08057>, to the glad celebration of brides <03618> and grooms <02860> in <04480> this land <04725>. You and the rest of the people will live to see <05869> this happen <03117>.’”
10“When <03588> you tell <05046> these <02088> people <05971> about all <03605> this <0428>, they will undoubtedly ask <0559> you, ‘Why <04100> has the Lord <03068> threatened <01696> us with <05921> such <03605> great <01419> disaster <07451>? What <04100> wrong <05771> have we done? What <04100> sin <02403> have we done to offend <02398> the Lord <03068> our God <0430>?’
11Then tell <0559> them that <0834> the Lord <03068> says <05002>, ‘It is because your ancestors <01> rejected <05800> me and paid allegiance <0310> <01980> to other <0312> gods <0430>. They have served <05647> them and worshiped <07812> them. But they have rejected <05800> me and not <03808> obeyed <08104> my law <08451>.
12And you <0859> have acted <06213> even more wickedly <07489> than your ancestors <01>! Each one <0376> of you has followed <0310> <01980> the stubborn inclinations <08307> of your own wicked <07451> heart <03820> and not <01115> obeyed <08085> me.
13So I will throw <02904> you out of <05921> this <02063> land <0776> into <05921> a land <0776> that <0834> neither <03808> you <0859> nor your ancestors <01> have ever known <03045>. There <08033> you must worship <05647> other <0312> gods <0430> day <03119> and night <03915>, for <0834> I will show <05414> you no <03808> mercy <02594>.’”
14Yet <03651> I, the Lord <03068>, say <0559>: “A new time <03117> will certainly come <0935>. People now affirm <05002> their oaths with ‘I swear as surely as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> who <0834> delivered <05927> the people <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>.’
15But in that time they will affirm them with ‘I swear as surely <0518> <03588> as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> who <0834> delivered <05927> the people <01121> of Israel <03478> from the land <0776> of the north <06828> and from all <03605> the other lands <0776> where <08033> <0834> he had banished <05080> them.’ At that time I will bring <07725> them back <07725> to <05921> the land <0127> I gave <05414> their ancestors <01>.”
16But for now <02005> I, the Lord <03068>, say <05002>: “I will send <07971> many <07227> enemies <01771> who will catch these people like fishermen <01770>. After <0310> that I will send <07971> others <07227> who will hunt <06679> them out like hunters <06719> from <05921> all <03605> the mountains <02022>, all <03605> the hills <01389>, and the crevices <05357> in the rocks <05553>.
17For <03588> I see <05869> everything <03605> they do. Their wicked ways <01870> are not <03808> hidden <05641> from me. Their sin <05771> is not <03808> hidden away <06845> where I cannot see <05869> it.
18Before <07223> I restore them I will punish <07999> them in full <04932> for their sins <05771> and the wrongs <02403> they have done. For <05921> they have polluted <02490> my land <0776> with the lifeless statues <05038> of their disgusting idols <08251>. They have filled <04390> the land I have claimed <05159> as my own with their detestable idols <08441>.”
19Then I said, “Lord <03068>, you give me strength <05797> and protect <04581> me. You are the one I can run to for safety <04498> when <03117> I am in trouble <06869>. Nations <01471> from all over the earth <0776> will come <0935> to you and say <0559>, ‘Our ancestors <01> had nothing but <0389> false <08267> gods– worthless <01892> idols that could not <0369> help <03276> them at all.
20Can people <0120> make <06213> their own gods <0430>? No, what they <01992> make are not <03808> gods <0430> at all.”
21The Lord said, “So <03651> I will now <06471> let this <02063> wicked people know <03045>– I will let them know <03045> my mighty <01369> power <03027> in judgment. Then they will know <03045> that <03588> my name <08034> is the Lord <03068>.”