The Sovereign LORD Almighty has given this solemn warning: "I hate the pride of the people of Israel; I despise their luxurious mansions. I will give their capital city and everything in it to the enemy."

"Once and for all I have promised by my holy name: I will never lie to David.

I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth and will take you back by the same road you came."

The LORD says, "I am sending for many fishermen to come and catch these people. Then I will send for many hunters to hunt them down on every mountain and hill and in the caves among the rocks.

Gog and his army and his allies will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, and I will let their bodies be food for all the birds and wild animals.

They will fall dead in the open field. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.

The Babylonians catch people with hooks, as though they were fish. They drag them off in nets and shout for joy over their catch!

They even worship their nets and offer sacrifices to them, because their nets provide them with the best of everything.