²⁷ For thus says the Lord: The whole land shall be a desolation, yet I will not make a full end.^(A)

⁷ The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.^(A)

⁹ Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi,^[a] for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”^[b]

⁸ The Chaldeans burned with fire the king’s house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.^(A)

¹⁷ Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off humans and animals from it,^(A)

¹⁶ But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go; then they shall know that I am the Lord.^(A)

⁵ To the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him and kill; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.^{(A) 6} Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.^{(B) 7} Then he said to them, “Defile the house and fill the courts with the slain. Go!” So they went out and killed in the city.^(C)