Like an enemy, the Lord has destroyed Israel; He has left her forts and palaces in ruins. He has brought on the people of Judah unending sorrow.

And beat me again and again with merciless blows.

He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

He shot his arrows deep into my body.

Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me.

I was living in peace, but God took me by the throat and battered me and crushed me. God uses me for target practice

He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.

but they rebelled against him and made his holy spirit sad. So the LORD became their enemy and fought against them.

I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer care about you. I have attacked you like an enemy; your punishment has been harsh because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

The LORD said, "Now, mortal man, I will take away from them the strong Temple that was their pride and joy, which they liked to look at and to visit. And I will take away their sons and daughters.

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

"Go and consult the LORD for me and for the people who still remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about the teachings of this book. The LORD is angry with us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD and have not done what this book says must be done."

They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down.

So he made us feel the force of his anger and suffer the violence of war. Like fire his anger burned throughout Israel, but we never knew what was happening; we learned nothing at all from it.

Jerusalem, wake up! Rouse yourself and get up! You have drunk the cup of punishment that the LORD in his anger gave you to drink; you drank it down, and it made you stagger.

A double disaster has fallen on you: your land has been devastated by war, and your people have starved. There is no one to show you sympathy.

In my anger I trampled whole nations and shattered them. I poured out their lifeblood on the ground."

Keep your covenant with me, your LORD, and dedicate yourselves to me, you people of Judah and Jerusalem. If you don't, my anger will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. It will burn, and there will be no one to put it out."

And so I, the Sovereign LORD, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.

I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.

(SEE 21:11)

Perhaps they will pray to the LORD and turn from their evil ways, because the LORD has threatened this people with his terrible anger and fury."

"You will feel all the force of my anger and rage until I am satisfied. When all this happens, you will be convinced that I, the LORD, have spoken to you because I am outraged at your unfaithfulness.

Those far away will get sick and die; those nearby will be killed in war; those who survive will starve to death. They will feel all the force of my anger.

They will be melted in Jerusalem the way silver is melted in a furnace, and then they will know that they are feeling the anger of the LORD."

I let them feel the force of my anger because of the murders they had committed in the land and because of the idols by which they had defiled it.

The LORD God tolerates no rivals; he punishes those who oppose him. In his anger he pays them back.

When he is angry, who can survive? Who can survive his terrible fury? He pours out his flaming anger; rocks crumble to dust before him.