So you shall set your face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shall strengthen your arm, and shall prophesy against it.

Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them;

Therefore prophesy, son of man, set your face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and you shall prophesy against the land of Israel,

Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass.

At my word they spoke not again, and they were very glad whenever I spoke to them.

And now hear the word of the Lord: You say, Do not prophesy to Israel, and do not raise a tumult against the house of Jacob.

Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let [any] weep for these things; for He shall not remove the reproaches,

The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open [them.] Judah is removed [into captivity;] they have suffered a complete removal.

and I will bring upon you a destroying man, and his axe; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.

Open your doors, O Lebanon, and let the fire devour your cedars.

Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted. Howl, you oaks of the land of Bashan, for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.