21 And the Lord beheld Jerusalem, and lo, the cries of the oppressed pierced the heavens-the stranger scorned, the widow plundered, and justice trampled underfoot. 22 Then the Lord spake: "Ye have sown violence; ye shall reap desolation sevenfold. As ye have measured to the poor, so shall it be meted unto you, and My fury shall wax hot as a furnace. 23 And He summoned pillars of fire to devour the towers of pride, and a nation afar, whose swords were hewn as scythes, to break the gates thereof; for the Lord delivered the city into their hand