³ “‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions,^(A) and I will allow you to live in this place.

Obedience over Sacrifice

²¹ This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,^(A)

¹⁵ Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood^(A) and give them poisonous water to drink.^(B)

⁹ For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride.^(A)

³ Say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.^(A) This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such a disaster on this place that everyone who hears about it will shudder^[a](B)

¹⁵ “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to bring on this city—and on all its cities—every disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying my words.’”^(A)

⁴ Command them to go to their masters, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell this to your masters:

²¹ Yes, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the temple of the Lord, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

² “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.^(A)