“ ‘ For the reason that you did not obey my words, here I am sending and I will take all the families of the north, ’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘ even sending to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of astonishment and something to whistle at and places devastated to time indefinite. ’ ”
« من اجل انكم لم تسمعوا لكلامي هأنذا ارسل فآخذ كل عشائر الشمال يقول الرب وإلى نبوخذراصر عبدي ملك بابل وآتي بهم على هذه الارض وعلى كل سكانها وعلى كل هذه الشعوب حواليها فأحرِّمهم وأجعلهم دهشا وصفيرا وخربا ابدية » .‏