²³ The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.^{(A) 24} The Lord will turn the rain^(B) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

³⁸ You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,^(A) because locusts^(B) will devour^(C) it. ³⁹ You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine^(D) or gather the grapes, because worms will eat^(E) them.^{(F) 40} You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.^(G)