22 I will turn My face from the wickedas they profane My treasured place.Violent men will enter it and profane it.
23 Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,and the city is filled with violence.
24 So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses.I will put an end to the pride of the strong,and their sacred places will be profaned.
25 Anguish is coming!They will seek peace, but there will be none.
26 Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from the priestsand counsel from the elders.
27 The king will mourn;the prince will be clothed in grief;and the hands of the people of the land will tremble.I will deal with them according to their own conduct,and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.