4 I will make all the people of the world horrified at them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh did in Jerusalem when he was king of Judah.”
5 The Lord says,“Who will pity you, people of Jerusalem,and who will grieve over you?Who will stop long enoughto ask how you are?
6 You people have rejected me;you have turned your backs on me.So I stretched out my hand and crushed youbecause I was tired of controlling my anger.
7 In every town in the landI threw you to the wind like straw.I destroyed you, my people,I killed your childrenbecause you did not stop your evil ways.
8 There are more widows in your landthan grains of sand by the sea.I killed your young men in their primeand made their mothers suffer.I suddenly struck themwith anguish and terror.
9 The mother who lost her seven children has fainted,gasping for breath.Her daylight has turned to darkness;she is disgraced and sick at heart.I will let your enemies killthose of you who are still alive.I, the Lord, have spoken.”
10 What an unhappy man I am! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the land. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.