The Sovereign LORD says, "A city in Israel sends out a thousand soldiers, but only a hundred return; another city sends out a hundred, but only ten come back."

Yet I will keep one of your descendants alive, and he will serve me as priest. But he will become blind and lose all hope, and all your other descendants will die a violent death.

He boasted to them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's other officials.

(SEE 9:7)

He had seven sons and three daughters,

when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

All their wealth will be destroyed in the flood of God's anger.

May all his descendants die, and may his name be forgotten in the next generation.

Let the slaughter begin! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.