¹⁰ For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster and not good^(A) – this is the Lord’s declaration. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it.”^(B)

²⁸ Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster,^(A) so will I watch over them to build and to plant them’^(B) – this is the Lord’s declaration.

¹⁶ ‘Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite,^(A) “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfil my words for disaster and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.