“On that day,
I will make
The clan leaders of Judah
Like a blazing pot
On a pile of wood.
They will be
Like a flaming torch
Among sheaves.
They shall devour
To the right,
As well as to the left,
All the surrounding people.
However,
Jerusalem
Shall still be inhabited
In its place.”
The clan leaders of Judah would be like a flaming pot on a pile of wood or like a torch among dry grain. Yahweh would have them devour everything on either side of them, to the right and to the left. However, Jerusalem would be unaffected, since its inhabitants would stay there.