⁷ Then afterward,” declares the Lord, “^(A)I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, that is, those who survive in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to their enemies, and to those who seek their lives; and he will strike and kill them with the edge of the sword. He ^(B)will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’

⁸ “You shall also say to this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am ^(C)setting before you the way of life and the way of death. ⁹ Anyone who ^(D)stays in this city will die by the ^(E)sword, by famine, or by plague; but anyone who leaves and goes over to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as plunder. ¹⁰ For I have ^(F)set My face against this city for harm and not for good,” declares the Lord. “It will be ^(G)handed over to the king of Babylon and he will ^(H)burn it with fire.”’

²⁰ I will hand them over to their enemies and to those who ^(A)seek their lives. And their ^(B)dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the earth.

³⁷ therefore, behold, I am going to ^(A)gather all your lovers whom you pleased, all those whom you loved as well as all those whom you ^(B)hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and ^(C)expose your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness.

¹⁷ And the ^[a](A)Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their obscene practice. And when she had been defiled by them, ^[b]she turned away from them in disgust.

²² “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord ^[a]God says: ‘Behold I am going to incite your lovers against you, from whom ^[b]you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side: