25 Certainly you must have heard!Long ago I worked it out,In ancient times I planned it;and now I am bringing it to pass.The plan is this:Fortified cities will crashinto heaps of ruins.
26 Their residents are powerless,they are terrified and ashamed.They are as short-lived as plants in the field,or green vegetation.They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftopswhen it is scorched by the east wind.
27 I know where you live,and everything you do.
28 Because you rage against me,and the uproar you create has reached my ears;I will put my hook in your nose,and my bridle between your lips,and I will lead you back the wayyou came.”
29 This will be your confirmation that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own from that. But in the third year you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.
30 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
31 For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion.The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord to his people will accomplish this.