ruin and misery are in their paths,

The city is left in ruins; ¹  the gate is reduced to rubble. ² 

I almost ¹  came to complete ruin ²  in the midst of the whole congregation!” ³ 

Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.

A total ruin I will make it! ¹  It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.’ ² 

They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; ¹  they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate, ¹ 

You have broken down all his ¹  walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

A lying tongue ¹  hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. ² 

he lived in ruined towns ¹  and in houses where ²  no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps. ³ 

The one who guards his words ¹  guards his life, but ²  whoever is talkative ³  will come to ruin. ⁴ 

“Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses ¹  while my temple is in ruins? ² 

The wise person ¹  accepts instructions, ²  but the one who speaks foolishness ³  will come to ruin. ⁴ 

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

May his children ¹  roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ² 

The wealth of a rich person is like ¹  a fortified city, ²  but the poor are brought to ruin ³  by ⁴  their poverty.

A person’s folly ¹  subverts ²  his way, and ³  his heart rages ⁴  against the Lord.

Lambs ¹  will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze. ² 

Here is a message about Damascus: “Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins!

Indeed, ¹  you have made the city ²  into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners ³  is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.