Death has come in through our windows and entered our palaces; it has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces.

But they must obey me and observe the Sabbath as a sacred day. They must not carry any load through the gates of Jerusalem on that day, for if they do, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. Fire will burn down the palaces of Jerusalem, and no one will be able to put it out."

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

God has shown that there is safety with him inside the fortresses of the city.

Even the palace will be abandoned and the capital city totally deserted. Homes and the forts that guarded them will be in ruins forever. Wild donkeys will roam there, and sheep will find pasture there.

"The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities."

So I will send fire upon Judah and burn down the fortresses of Jerusalem."

The LORD says, "These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.

And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions."

Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire can burn down your cedar trees!