1The word of تتراجراماتون came also unto me, saying, 2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place. 3For thus saith تتراجراماتون concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land: 4They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

5For thus saith تتراجراماتون, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith تتراجراماتون, even lovingkindness and tender mercies. 6Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; 7neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. 8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. 9For thus saith تتراجراماتون of hosts, the Elokim of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

10And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath تتراجراماتون pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against تتراجراماتون our Elokim? 11then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith تتراجراماتون, and have walked after other Elokim, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me: 13therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other Elokim day and night; for I will show you no favor.

14Therefore, behold, the days come, saith تتراجراماتون, that it shall no more be said, As تتراجراماتون liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15but, As تتراجراماتون liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith تتراجراماتون, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. 17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes. 18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

19O تتراجراماتون, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, even vanity and things wherein there is no profit.

20Shall a man make unto himself Elokim, which yet are no Elokim?

21Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is تتراجراماتون.