Judgment on the Royal House of Judah

^11-12 The Lord told me to give this message to the royal house of Judah, the descendants of David: “Listen to what I, the Lord, am saying. See that justice is done every day. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. If you don't, the evil you are doing will make my anger burn like a fire that cannot be put out. ¹³ You, Jerusalem, are sitting^[a] high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses. ¹⁴ But I will punish you for what you have done. I will set your palace on fire, and the fire will burn down everything around it. I, the Lord, have spoken.”