¹⁷ Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy^(A) them or put an end to them in the wilderness.

¹³ Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah^(A) son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?^(B)”

¹⁸ “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy^(A) you completely.

²⁷ This is what the Lord says:

¹⁰ So I will not look on them with pity^(A) or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.^(B)”

¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(A) I will not look on them with pity^(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(C) to them.”

² “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: