7 “So this is what the Almighty Lord says: ⌊People of Jerusalem,⌋ you have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You haven’t lived by my laws or obeyed my rules. You haven’t even lived up to the standards of the nations around you.
8 “So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I, too, am against you, and I will punish you in front of the nations.
9 Because of all the detestable things that you do, I will do things to you that I have never done before and will never do again.
10 That is why parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter whoever is left to the wind.
11 “As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, because you have dishonored my holy worship place with all your disgusting and detestable things, I will have you killed. I will not have compassion for you or feel sorry for you.
12 One-third of you will die in plagues and be devoured in famines. Another third will die in battles against those around you. I will scatter the remaining third to the wind, and I will pursue them with a sword.
13 “I will unleash my anger. I will use my fury against you, and I will get revenge. When my fury is unleashed against you, you will know that I, the Lord, spoke to you while I was angry.