^{20 Ref} In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

^{21 Ref} Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do according to all that I have commanded thee.

^{22 Ref} A noise of battle `is' in the land, and of great destruction.

^{23 Ref} How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!