2. Thus says the LORD the maker of the earth, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
3. Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.
4. For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the siege mounds, and by the sword;
5. They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, all for whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.