3. But then you must get a few of those hairs and wrap them up in your robe.
4. Take some of those hairs and throw them into the fire. This will show that a fire will start there and burn throughout the whole house of Israel.”
5. Then the Lord GOD said to me, “The brick is a picture of Jerusalem. I put Jerusalem in the middle of other nations with countries all around her.
6. The people rebelled against my commands. They were worse than any of the other nations! They broke more of my laws than any of the people in the countries around them. They refused to listen to my commands. They did not obey my laws.”
7. So the Lord GOD says, “I will do this because you did not obey my laws and commands. You broke more of my laws than the people who lived around you, and you did what even they know is wrong!”
8. So the Lord GOD says, “So now, even I am against you! I will punish you while those other people watch.