²³ For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

²² Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

²⁷ And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.