¹⁹ And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: ^(A)They shall eat their bread with anxiety, ^(B)and drink water in dismay. In this way ^(C)her land will be stripped of all it contains, ^(D)on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.

^14 (A)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^(B)the nations that they had not known. ^(C)Thus the land they left was desolate, ^(D)so that no one went to and fro, ^(E)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”

¹⁴ And ^(A)I will stretch out my hand against them and ^(B)make the land desolate and waste, ^(C)in all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to ^(D)Riblah.^[a] Then ^(E)they will know that I am the Lord.”

⁶ Wherever you dwell, ^(A)the cities shall be waste and ^(B)the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,^[a] your idols broken and destroyed, your ^(C)incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out. ⁷ And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

²⁸ But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience—

^23 (A)“Forge a chain!^{[a] (B)}For the land is full of bloody crimes ^(C)and the city is full of violence.

²⁶ For ^(A)“the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.”