⁷ Your people will fall slain^(A) among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.^(B)

⁸ “‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape^(C) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.^{(D) 9} Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember^(E) me—how I have been grieved^(F) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.^(G) They will loathe themselves for the evil^(H) they have done and for all their detestable practices.^(I)

¹¹ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together and stamp your feet and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked and detestable practices of the people of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine and plague.^{(A) 12} One who is far away will die of the plague, and one who is near will fall by the sword, and anyone who survives and is spared will die of famine. So will I pour out my wrath^(B) on them.^(C)