5 So arise, let us attack at nightand destroy her fortresses!’
6 This is what the Lord Almighty says:‘Cut down the treesand build siege ramps against Jerusalem.This city must be punished;it is filled with oppression.
7 As a well pours out its water,so she pours out her wickedness.Violence and destruction resound in her;her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
8 Take warning, Jerusalem,or I will turn away from youand make your land desolateso that no one can live in it.’
9 This is what the Lord Almighty says:‘Let them glean the remnant of Israelas thoroughly as a vine;pass your hand over the branches again,like one gathering grapes.’
10 To whom can I speak and give warning?Who will listen to me?Their ears are closedso that they cannot hear.The word of the Lord is offensive to them;they find no pleasure in it.
11 But I am full of the wrath of the Lord,and I cannot hold it in.‘Pour it out on the children in the streetand on the young men gathered together;both husband and wife will be caught in it,and the old, those weighed down with years.