20. So I said to the Lord,“O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge!You examine people’s hearts and minds.I want to see you pay them back for what they have donebecause I trust you to vindicate my cause.”
21. Then the Lord told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, “Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!”
22. So the Lord who rules over all said, “I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.