²⁵ And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.

²¹ Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.

² Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

² From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light.

²² So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:

³² Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

² At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.

³ O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together;

⁴ To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.

⁵ For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

⁶ O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.

⁷ May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

⁸ Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.

⁹ Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

⁴ Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.

¹⁰ And the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes: and he put to death all the rulers of Judah in Riblah.