Why Will You Die, Israel?

¹⁰ “And you, ^(A)son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and ^(B)we rot away because of them. ^(C)How then can we live?’

¹¹ Then he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and ^(B)our hope is lost; ^(C)we are indeed cut off.’

^23 (A)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but ^(B)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another.

¹⁷ I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^(A)look at one another in dismay, and ^(B)rot away because of their punishment.

³⁹ And those of you who are left shall ^(A)rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.