You will break them with an iron rod; you will shatter them in pieces like a clay pot.' "

Then the LORD told me to break the jar in front of those who had gone with me

and to tell them that the LORD Almighty had said, "I will break this people and this city, and it will be like this broken clay jar that cannot be put together again. People will bury their dead even in Topheth because there will be nowhere else to bury them.

(SEE 2:26)

The branches of the trees are withered and broken, and women gather them for firewood. Because the people have understood nothing, God their Creator will not pity them or show them any mercy.

The LORD will not forgive such a man. Instead, the LORD's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the LORD has destroyed him completely.

it will blow down on them without pity while they try their best to escape.

Then I will smash them like jars against one another, old and young alike. No pity, compassion, or mercy will stop me from killing them."

"Therefore, as I am the living God---this is the word of the Sovereign LORD ---because you defiled my Temple with all the evil, disgusting things you did, I will cut you down without mercy.

I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the LORD."

I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the LORD and that I am the one who punishes you."

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them."

But I will not have pity on them; I will do to them what they have done to others."

I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son---will he not also freely give us all things?

God did not spare the Jews, who are like natural branches; do you think he will spare you?

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

God did not spare the ancient world, but brought the flood on the world of godless people; the only ones he saved were Noah, who preached righteousness, and seven other people.

"They will be like bits of straw, and a fire will burn them up! They will not even be able to save themselves--- the flames will be too hot for them, not a cozy fire to warm themselves by.

Everyone has forgotten me, as though I were dead; I am like something thrown away.

On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants.

where he was tempted by the Devil for forty days. In all that time he ate nothing, so that he was hungry when it was over.

Can you use it to make anything? Can you even make a peg out of it to hang things on?

It was useless even before it was burned. Now that the fire has burned it and charred it, it is even more useless."

and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the LORD.