Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.

And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Thou hast rejected me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against thee, and destroyed thee; I am weary with repenting.

Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.