³ “I will send four kinds of destroyers^(A) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword^(B) to kill and the dogs^(C) to drag away and the birds^(D) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.^(E)

⁴ “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried^(A) but will be like dung lying on the ground.^(B) They will perish by sword and famine,^(C) and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”^(D)