³¹ Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won’t be able to eat it. Your donkey will be stolen from you while you watch and won’t be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be handed to your enemies, and there will be no deliverer. ³² Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch. You won’t be able to approach them at all,^[a] and you’ll be powerless to help.^[b]

³³ “A people whom you don’t know will devour what your land and labor produces. You’ll be only oppressed and discouraged continuously