²⁸ In furious anger and in great wrath^(A) the Lord uprooted^(B) them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”

⁴ But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(A) what I have planted,^(B) throughout the earth.^(C)

³⁶ Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’^(A)

⁴ After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven.^(A) It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted^(B) and given to others.