I will use my sword against everyone from south to north.

Everyone will know that I, the LORD, have drawn my sword and that I will not put it away.

You cry out, 'Sword of the LORD! How long will you go on slashing? Go back to your scabbard, stay there and rest!'

But how can it rest, when I have given it work to do? I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the people who live on the coast."

I will condemn you for adultery and murder, and in my anger and fury I will punish you with death.

You lived in Eden, the garden of God, and wore gems of every kind: rubies and diamonds; topaz, beryl, carnelian, and jasper; sapphires, emeralds, and garnets. You had ornaments of gold. They were made for you on the day you were created.

Your conduct was perfect from the day you were created until you began to do evil.

But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.

Tell Jerusalem what the Sovereign LORD is saying to her: "You were born in the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

When you were born, no one cut your umbilical cord or washed you or rubbed you with salt or wrapped you in cloths.