“I will gather
All the nations
Against Jerusalem
To battle.
The city shall be taken.
The houses shall be looted.
The women shall be raped.
Half of the city
Shall go into exile.
But the rest of the people
Shall not be cut off
From the city.”
Yahweh was going to gather all the other countries to battle against Jerusalem. Jerusalem would be defeated, as the city would be taken. Their house would be robbed and their women raped. Half of the city would go into exile, while the other half would be okay in the city.
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