13. then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem.
14. I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’ ”
15. Hear and pay attention, do not be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.
16. Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
17. If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.
18. Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”
19. The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away.