⁵ “This is what the Lord God says: This is Jerusalem. I have put her at the center of the nations with countries all around her. ⁶ But she has ·refused to obey [rebelled against] my ·laws [judgments] and has been more ·evil [wicked] than the nations. She has refused to ·obey [^Lwalk in] my ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements], even more than ·nations [lands] around her. The people of Jerusalem have rejected my ·laws [judgments] and have not ·lived by [^Lwalked in] my ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements].

⁷ “So this is what the Lord God says: You have ·caused more trouble [been more insubordinate/arrogant] than the nations around you. You have not followed my ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements] or obeyed my ·laws [judgments]. You have not even obeyed the ·laws [judgments] of the nations around you.

⁸ “So this is what the Lord God says: [^LLook; ^TBehold] I myself am against you, and I will ·punish you [^Lexecute judgments in your midst] ·as the nations watch [in the sight of the nations]. ⁹ I will do things ·among [to] you that I have not done before and that I will never do anything like again, because ·you do the things I hate [of your detestable practices/or idols]. ¹⁰ So ·parents [fathers] among you will eat their ·children [sons], and ·children [sons] will eat their ·parents [fathers; ^Cbecause of horrific starvation during the siege; Deut. 28:53–57; Jer. 19:9; Lam. 4:10]. I will ·punish you [execute judgments] and will scatter to the winds all ·who are left alive [the survivors]. ¹¹ So the Lord God says: You have ·made my Temple unclean [defiled my sanctuary] with all your ·evil idols [abominations] and ·the hateful things you do [your detestable practices/or idols]. Because of this, as surely as I live, I will ·cut you off [or shave you; ^Ca humiliation]. ·I will have [^LMy eye will show] no pity, and I will show no mercy. ¹² A third of you will die by ·disease [plague; pestilence] or be ·destroyed [overcome; consumed] by ·hunger [famine] inside your walls. A third will fall dead by the sword ·outside your walls [all around]. And a third I will scatter in every direction as I chase them with a ·sword [^Ldrawn/unsheathed sword]. ¹³ Then my anger will ·come to an end [be finished]. ·I will use it up against them […and my wrath will cease], and then I will be ·satisfied [calmed; appeased]. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. After I have carried out my ·anger [wrath] against them, they will know ·how strongly I felt [my zeal/jealousy].

¹⁴ “I will make you a ruin and a ·shame [reproach; object of mockery] among the nations around you, ·to be seen by [^Lin the eyes of] all who pass by. ¹⁵ Then you will be ·shamed [a reproach/object of mockery] and ·made fun of [taunted] by the nations around. You will be a warning and a ·terror [horror] to them. This will happen when I ·punish [execute judgments against] you in my ·great anger [^Langer, wrath, and furious rebukes]. I, the Lord, have spoken. ¹⁶ I will ·send a time of hunger [^Lshoot deadly and destructive arrows of famine] to destroy you, and then I will make your ·hunger [famine] get even worse, and I will cut off your supply of food. ¹⁷ I will send a time of hunger and wild animals against you, and they will ·kill your children [^Lbereave you]. ·Disease [Plague; Pestilence] and death will sweep through your people, and I will bring the sword against you to kill you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”