1. Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go!
2. It shall come to pass if they say to you, “Where should we go?” then you shall tell them: Thus says the Lord: Those destined for death, to death;and those destined for the sword, to the sword;and those destined for the famine, to the famine;and those destined for the captivity, to the captivity.
3. I will appoint over them four kinds of disaster, says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, the birds of the heaven, the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
4. I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5. For who shall have pity on you, OJerusalem?Or who shall bemoan you?Or who shall go aside to ask how you are doing?
6. You who have forsaken Me, says the Lord,you keep going backward.Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you.I am weary of relenting!