20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, (A)I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

Jerusalem Struck Down

21 In the (B)twelfth year (C)of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (D)a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, (E)“The city has been struck down.” 22 (F)Now (G)the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

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