²⁰ They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make^(A) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;^(B)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.^(C)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder^(D) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.^(E)
22 I will turn my face^(F) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.^(G)

²³ “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,^(H)
    and the city is full of violence.^(I)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries^(J) will be desecrated.^(K)
25 When terror comes,
    they will seek peace in vain.^(L)
26 Calamity upon calamity^(M) will come,
    and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,^(N)
    priestly instruction in the law will cease,
    the counsel of the elders will come to an end.^(O)
27 The king will mourn,
    the prince will be clothed with despair,^(P)
    and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.
I will deal with them according to their conduct,^(Q)
    and by their own standards I will judge them.