I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.

I am against those prophets who take each other's words and proclaim them as my message.

Listen to what I, the LORD, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the LORD, have spoken."

"Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.

Babylonia, you are like a mountain that destroys the whole world, but I, the LORD, am your enemy. I will take hold of you, level you to the ground, and leave you in ashes.

When the festival begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the LORD did for you when you left Egypt.

The Israelites left Sukkoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forever.

This is a message about the Valley of Vision. What is happening? Why are all the people of the city celebrating on the roofs of the houses?

Stop believing those deceitful words, 'We are safe! This is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple!'

Why do you unfaithful people boast? Your strength is failing. Why do you trust in your power and say that no one would dare attack you?

I will bring terror on you from every side. You will all run away. Each one will run for his life, and there will be no one to bring your troops together again.

Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the LORD will bring you down. The LORD has spoken."

The time came when King David and his men set out to attack Jerusalem. The Jebusites, who lived there, thought that David would not be able to conquer the city, and so they said to him, "You will never get in here; even the blind and the crippled could keep you out."

(But David did capture their fortress of Zion, and it became known as "David's City.")

No one anywhere, not even rulers of foreign nations, believed that any invader could enter Jerusalem's gates.

Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, 'Who can ever pull me down?'

Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to be among the stars, yet I will pull you down.

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."