8. You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.
9. “And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.
10. You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
11. This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.
12. And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you.” ’ ”
13. Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?”