¹³ this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,^(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses^(B) suddenly,^(C) in an instant.

¹⁴ It will break in pieces like pottery,^(A)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

¹⁷ A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(A)
    you will all flee^(B) away,
till you are left^(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(D) on a hill.”