¹⁴ And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(A)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(B)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(C)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(D)
They are all like Sodom^(E) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(F)

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(G)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(H) has spread throughout the land.”

¹⁶ The terror you inspire
    and the pride^(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,^(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest^(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
¹⁷ “Edom will become an object of horror;^(D)
    all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff
    because of all its wounds.^(E)
18 As Sodom^(F) and Gomorrah^(G) were overthrown,
    along with their neighboring towns,”
says the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell^(H) in it.

³⁹ “So desert creatures^(A) and hyenas will live there,
    and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
    or lived in from generation to generation.^(B)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(C)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(D)