¹⁷ I will send famine and wild beasts^(A) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed^(B) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.^(C)”

¹⁵ “Or if I send wild beasts^(A) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,^(B)

²¹ “‘If you remain hostile^(A) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,^(B) as your sins deserve.

²² I will send wild animals^(A) against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few^(B) in number that your roads will be deserted.^(C)