⁴⁶ They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.^(A)

⁴⁹ The Lord will bring a nation against you^(A) from far away, from the ends of the earth,^(B) like an eagle^(C) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,^(D)

⁵² They will lay siege^(A) to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.^(B)

⁶³ Just as it pleased^(A) the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please^(B) him to ruin and destroy you.^(C) You will be uprooted^(D) from the land you are entering to possess.

⁶⁴ Then the Lord will scatter^(A) you among all nations,^(B) from one end of the earth to the other.^(C) There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.^(D)

⁶⁵ Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place^(A) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes^(B) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.^(C)

⁶⁶ You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.

⁶⁷ In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.^(A)

⁶⁸ The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again.^(A) There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

²¹ The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster,^(A) according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.^(B)