²⁵ And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;

⁵ Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end:

²⁹ Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

¹⁹ And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.

² And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

¹³ And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

³ For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

⁶ An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.

¹³ O you whose living-place is by the wide waters, whose stores are great, your end is come, your evil profit is ended.

⁸ And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:

⁵ You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

⁶ You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

⁹ O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.