⁸ And while they were striking, and I was left alone, ^(A)I fell upon my face, and cried, ^(B)“Ah, Lord God! ^(C)Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel ^(D)in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

¹³ And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^(A)that ^(B)Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^(C)Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^(D)“Ah, Lord God! ^(E)Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

¹⁴ Then I said, ^(A)“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.^{[a] (B)}From my youth up till now I have never eaten ^(C)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^(D)tainted meat come into my mouth.”

¹⁶ And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, ^(A)clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

⁶ Then Joshua ^(A)tore his clothes and ^(B)fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put ^(C)dust on their heads.

⁵ Then ^(A)Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.

² When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,

^4 (C)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling ^(D)for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. ⁵ Then I said,

Lying Prophets

¹³ Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^(A)say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”