Because of all the things you do that I hate, I will punish Jerusalem as I have never done before and will never do again.

So I, the LORD God of Israel, will bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that everyone who hears about it will be stunned.

I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria, as I did King Ahab of Israel and his descendants. I will wipe Jerusalem clean of its people, as clean as a plate that has been wiped and turned upside down.

You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,

"Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them."

What are you plotting against the LORD? He will destroy you. No one opposes him more than once.

For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.