15 For behold, (A)I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, (B)and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.

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Then all (A)the officials of the king of Babylon came (B)and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim (C)the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.

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(A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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11 (A)I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
    (B)a lair of jackals,
(C)and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    without inhabitant.”

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16 Warn the nations that he is coming;
    announce to Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come (A)from a distant land;
    they shout against the cities of Judah.

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10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (A)my servant, (B)and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.

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25 (A)Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
    and on the peoples that call not on your name,
(B)for they have devoured Jacob;
    they have devoured him and consumed him,
    and have laid waste his habitation.

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Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
    and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

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11 Women are raped in Zion,
    young women in the towns of Judah.

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(A)Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, (B)and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.

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22 Behold, (A)I will command, declares the Lord, and will (B)bring them back to this city. (C)And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. (D)I will make the cities of Judah a desolation (E)without inhabitant.”

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10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (A)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again

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31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
    for (A)the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
(B)he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
    and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the Lord.’

32 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
Behold, disaster is going forth
    from nation to nation,
(C)and a great tempest is stirring
    (D)from the farthest parts of the earth!

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28 “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)You must drink!

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22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
    (A)a great commotion out of the north country
to make (B)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    (C)a lair of jackals.

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22 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, a people is coming (B)from the north country,
    a great nation is stirring from (C)the farthest parts of the earth.

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15 (A)Behold, I am bringing against you
    a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.
It is an enduring nation;
    it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
    (B)nor can you understand what they say.

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49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, (B)swooping down like the eagle, a nation (C)whose language you do not understand, 50 a hard-faced nation (D)who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young. 51 It shall (E)eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52 “They shall (F)besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you. 53 And (G)you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, (H)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

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