you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Let them glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine; pass your hand over the branches again, like one gathering grapes.”

I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair. What passes my lips is open before you.

Their land will be an object of horror and of lasting scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

“People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’

In the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

“Edom will become an object of horror; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

Because of the Lord’s anger she will not be inhabited but will be completely desolate. All who pass Babylon will be appalled; they will scoff because of all her wounds.