Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to you, What are you doing?

Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know you not what these things were? Say [to them], Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon.

And I said, Not so, O Lord God! They say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?

And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Why do you groan? That you shall say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, says the Lord.

And it shall come to pass, when the children of your people shall say to you, Will you not tell us what you mean by these things?

but you, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: you have perverted My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. But you said, In what way shall we return?

Will a man insult God? For you insult Me. But you say, How have we insulted You? In that the tithes and firstfruits are with you [still].

You have spoken grievous words against Me, says the Lord. Yet you said, In what way have we spoken against You?