^10 (A)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and ^(B)burn this city with fire.’”

³⁶ And as for those of you who are left, ^(A)I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The ^(B)sound of a ^(C)driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues. ³⁷ They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And ^(D)you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. ³⁸ And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

⁴⁵ Therefore hear ^(A)the plan that the Lord has made against Babylon, ^(B)and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: ^(C)Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

²⁰ Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against ^(A)Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of ^(B)Teman: ^(C)Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

⁸ And ^(A)the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. ^(B)They shall capture it and burn it with fire.

⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ^(A)Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. ^(B)And I will bring them together into the midst of this city. ⁵ I myself will fight against you ^(C)with outstretched hand and strong arm, ^(D)in anger and in fury and in great wrath. ⁶ And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence. ⁷ Afterward, declares the Lord, ^(E)I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. ^(F)He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’