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I will destine you for the sword,And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,Because I called, but you did not answer;I spoke, but you did not hear.And you did what was evil in My eyesAnd chose that in which I was not pleased."

You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones,And Lord Yahweh will put you to death.But My slaves will be called by another name,

"For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth;And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicingAnd her people for joy.

No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,Or an old man who does not fulfill his days;For the youth will die at the age of one hundred,And the one who does not reach the age of one hundredWill be thought accursed.

They will not build and another inhabit;They will not plant and another eat;For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.

They will not labor in vain,Or bear children for terror;For they are the seed of those blessed by Yahweh,And their offspring with them.

Thus says Yahweh,"Heaven is My throne, and the earth is the footstool of My feet.Where then is a house you could build for Me?And where is a place that I may rest?

For My hand made all these things,Thus all these things came into being," declares Yahweh."But to this one I will look,To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at His word:"Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name's sake,Have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your gladness.'But they will be put to shame.

"Be glad with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her;Be exceedingly joyful with her, all you who mourn over her,

For thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I stretch out peace to her like a river,And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;And you will be nursed; you will be carried on the hip and played with on the knees.

For behold, Yahweh will come in fireAnd His chariots like the whirlwind,To return His anger with wrath,And His rebuke with flames of fire.

For Yahweh will execute judgment by fireAnd by His sword on all flesh,And those slain by Yahweh will be many.

I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites," says Yahweh.

"For just as the new heavens and the new earthWhich I make will endure before Me," declares Yahweh,"So your seed and your name will endure.

Do not be afraid of them,For I am with you to deliver you," declares Yahweh.

Then Yahweh said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to do it."

For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares Yahweh; "and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

And they will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares Yahweh.