For behold, I call together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, says the Lord. And they shall come, and shall set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls round about her, and against all the cities of Judah.

Do not go after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, lest you provoke Me by the works of your hands, to do you harm.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Since you did not believe My words,

And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle.

And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.

Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of Judah, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing.

and all the mixed multitude, and all the kings of the Philistines, [namely] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Azotus,

and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the [country] beyond the sea,

and all the mixed multitude dwelling in the wilderness,

and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdoms which are on the face of the earth.

I have given the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.

And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, says the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army [serving] against Tyre, nor for the service which they served against it.

In return for his service in which he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus says the Lord God:

And He changes times and seasons; He appoints kings, and removes [them], giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding.

O king, the Most High God gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory.

And by reason of the majesty which He gave to him, all nations, tribes, [and] languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he exalted; and whomever he wished, he abased.

behold I [will] send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it. And I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.

I have given the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.

But fear not, My servant Jacob, neither be alarmed, Israel; for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.

Fear not, My servant Jacob, says the Lord; for I am with you. She [that was] without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up; for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust you forth. But I will not cause you to fail. Yet will I chastise you in the way of judgment, and will not hold you entirely guiltless.

Who bids Cyrus, Be wise, and he shall perform all My will; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be built, and I will lay the foundation of My holy house.

Thus says the Lord God to My anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

And when that king heard, he was furious. And he sent out his troops, and he destroyed those murderers, and he burned up their city.

And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents. And he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.

And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking [and] getting drunk in Succhoth, he and the kings, [even] thirty-two kings, his allies.

And He made darkness His secret place; round about Him was His tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.

For in the day of my afflictions He hid me in His tabernacle; He sheltered me in the secret of His tabernacle; He set me up on a rock.

You will hide them in the secret of Your presence from the vexation of man; You will screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.