Therefore, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the forest.

The city of emptiness is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may come in.

Desolation is left in the city, and the gate is battered and destroyed.

Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, and the dwelling forsaken and left like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and finish off its branches.

On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city;

because the palaces shall be abandoned, the multitude of the city shall be deserted. Instead, the mound and tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

The voice said, Cry out! And he said, What shall I proclaim? All flesh is grass, and all the goodness of it is as the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the Word of our God stands forever.

A roaring sound from the city, a sound from the temple, the sound of Jehovah repaying His enemies.

and shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again. And they shall bury them in Tophet until there is no place left to bury.

And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be as defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house like the high places of a forest.

And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and capture it, and burn it with fire.

For though you had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, each man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

Samaria is held guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.

And I will send a fire against Judah, which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

For they do not know to do right, declares Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Thus says Jehovah, As the shepherd snatches two legs out of the mouth of the lion, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be snatched, those who dwell in Samaria in a corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.

For in the day that I punish the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also attend to the altars of Bethel. And the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those trusting in the mountain of Samaria, noted as chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey. And he cried out and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!

She did not give heed to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.

And it happened, when the king heard the Words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that has been kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.

And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, Tell the man who has sent you to Me,

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath has been kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Jehovah when you heard what I have spoken against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says Jehovah.

Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they shall understand the goodness of Jehovah.

The prudent foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass along and are punished.

Jehovah, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy toward the people. Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Who is wise and discerns these things? Who is discerning and knows them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the righteous shall walk in them; but transgressors shall stumble in them.

And Jehovah descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and the sons' sons to the third and the fourth generation.

Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

According to Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

that they may know that You, whose name alone is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.

Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from afar, burning with His anger, and the burden of it is heavy; His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue like a devouring fire.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David besought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he had killed the Gibeonites.

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;

But indeed, I would seek the Mighty God, and before God I would lay out my case;

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek Jehovah of Hosts.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger! And the staff in their hand is My indignation.

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of My wrath. I will command him to draw out the plunder, and to seize the spoils, and to trample them like the mud of the streets.

If I go out into the field, then I see those killed with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then, behold, those that are sick from famine! Yes, both the prophet and the priest have gone up into a land that they do not know.

We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

Are there any among the vain idols of the nations who can make it rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God. Therefore we will wait upon You; for You have made all these things.

Why does a living man complain at the punishment for his sins?

Let us lift up our heart and hands to the Mighty God in Heaven.

And Jehovah gives His voice before His army, for His camp is very great. For he who does His Word is strong. For the day of Jehovah is very great and terrifying, and who can endure it?

So, tear your heart, and not your garments; and return to Jehovah your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He has compassion concerning the evil.

Blow the shofar in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly.

Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar; and let them say, Have compassion on Your people, O Jehovah, and do not give Your possession to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places; and you have not returned to Me, declares Jehovah.

So two or three cities staggered to one city in order to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, declares Jehovah.

I have sent a plague among you in the manner of Egypt; I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captive horses. And I have made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; yet you have not returned to Me, declares Jehovah.

Therefore I will do this to you, O Israel: Because of this that I will do to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

And the men of Nineveh believed in God, and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

And he cried and proclaimed in Nineveh by the decree of the king and of his nobles, saying, Do not let man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them feed nor let them drink water.

Who knows if God may turn, and have compassion, and turn away from His burning anger, that we not perish?

And now, thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.