The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, 'Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.

Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody -- each one -- against everyone else.

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!"

all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives."

"Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.

On that day there will be great confusion from the Lord among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently.