⁸ “Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘Because you haven’t listened to my message, ⁹ I’m now sending for all the tribes from the north, declares the Lord, and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I’ll bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I’ll utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^[a] and an everlasting desolation. ¹⁰ I’ll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp. ¹¹ This entire land will be a desolation and a waste, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.