¹¹ “This is what the Lord says,^(A) ‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another^[a] before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight.^[b]

⁹ For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.^(A)

²¹ This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie to you in my name:^(A) “I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

¹⁶ “Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite,^(A) ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words for disaster and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.

²⁴ “Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.”^(A)

This is the Lord’s declaration.