The Lord shall raise you up as a holy people unto Himself, as He swore to your fathers; if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, and walk in all His ways.

And the Lord your God shall multiply you for good in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring of your livestock, and in the fruits of your land, on your land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to you.

The Lord your God shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall then be above and you shall not be below, if you will hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, in all things that I command you this day to observe.

Therefore shall He lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall whistle for them from the end of the earth; and behold, they are coming very quickly.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah), saying,

and a fourth kingdom, which shall be strong as iron: as iron beats to powder and subdues all things, so shall it beat to powder and subdue.

And [whereas] the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and [part] of it shall be broken.

I will also gather all the Gentiles, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and My heritage Israel, who have been dispersed among the Gentiles; and [these Gentiles] have divided My land,

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 in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census be taken of all the empire.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you] who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),

then let those who are in Judea flee upon the mountains.

"So whenever you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where he must not"--he who reads, let him understand--"then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

For in those days will be tribulation, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of creation which God created until now, and never again shall be.

For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and hem you in from every side,

and they will level you to the ground, and your children with you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the season of your visitation."

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has drawn near.

For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that has been written.

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.

JOD. The oppressor has stretched out his hand on all her desirable things, for she has seen the Gentiles entering into her sanctuary, [concerning] whom You commanded that they should not enter into Your congregation.

They humbled the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.

Princes were hanged up by their hands; the elders were not honored.

Therefore thus says the Lord; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be measured with the line; and you shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God showed me.

But woe to those [women] who are pregnant, and to the [women] nursing a baby in those days!

For then there shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor by any means shall be.

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it shall be cut off and perish; but one-third shall be left in it.

And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Behold, it is written before Me; I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,

Thus says the Lord: As the new wine shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for the sake of him that serves Me, for his sake I will not destroy [them] all.

And unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "If the number of the sons of Israel were as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

And just as Isaiah predicted: "Unless the LORD of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and like Gomorrah we would have been compared."

but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.

For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, who does not give birth; break forth and shout, who does not have birth pangs; because the children of the desolate are many more than those of her who has a husband."