^28 (A)For I will make the land most desolate, ^[a]her ^(B)arrogant strength shall cease, and ^(C)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.

²¹ ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, ^(A)I will profane My sanctuary, ^[a]your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the ^[b]delight of your soul; ^(B)and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

¹⁴ So I will ^(A)stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward ^(B)Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” ’ ”

²² So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, ^(A)as it is this day.

⁶ So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they ^[a]are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.’

² “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are ^(A)a desolation, and no one dwells in them,

¹³ Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so ^(A)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts. ¹⁴ “But ^(B)I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

³⁴ The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. ³⁵ So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of ^(A)Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’