8. Therefore, the wrath of the Lord has come upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9. For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10. Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11. My sons, do not deceive yourselves, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should be his ministers and burn incense unto him.