24:001:014 Then the lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall
           break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

24:001:015 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the
           north, saith the lord; and they shall come, and they shall set
           every one his throne at the entering of the gates of
           Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and
           against all the cities of Judah.

24:001:016 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their
           wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
           other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

24:001:017 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto
           them all that I command thee:  be not dismayed at their faces,
           lest I confound thee before them.

24:001:018 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an
           iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against
           the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the
           priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

24:001:019 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail
           against thee; for I am with thee, saith the lord, to deliver
           thee.

24:002:001 Moreover the word of the lord came to me, saying,

24:002:002 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the
           lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of
           thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness,
           in a land that was not sown.

24:002:003 Israel was holiness unto the lord, and the firstfruits of his
           increase:  all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come
           upon them, saith the lord.

24:002:004 Hear ye the word of the lord, O house of Jacob, and all the
           families of the house of Israel: 

24:002:005 Thus saith the lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in
           me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after
           vanity, and are become vain?

24:002:006 Neither said they, Where is the lord that brought us up out of
           the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through
           a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and
           of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed
           through, and where no man dwelt?

24:002:007 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit
           thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye
           defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

24:002:008 The priests said not, Where is the lord? and they that handle
           the law knew me not:  the pastors also transgressed against me,
           and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things
           that do not profit.