20. ‘And the splendour of His ornaments, He set it in excellency. But they made from it the images of their abominations and their disgusting matters. Therefore I shall make it like filth to them.
21. ‘And I shall give it for a prey into the hands of strangers, and to the wrong of the earth for a spoil, and they shall profane it.
22. ‘And I shall turn My face from them. And they shall profane My secret place, for destroyers shall enter it and profane it.
23. ‘Make a chain, for the land has been filled with crimes of blood, and the city has been filled with violence.
24. ‘And I shall bring the evil ones of the gentiles, and they shall possess their houses. And I shall cause the pride of the strong to cease, and their set-apart places shall be profaned.
25. ‘Destruction shall come. And they shall seek peace, but there is none.