² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and ^(A)said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place.

³ Now the Lord has brought it, and has done just as He said. ^(A)Because you people have sinned against the Lord, and not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.

⁵ whose owners slaughter them and ^(A)feel no guilt; those who sell them ^(B)say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do ^(C)not pity them.