² “Thus says the Lord: ^(A)He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, ^(B)but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.

⁵ And ^(A)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, ^(B)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you ^(C)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

¹⁸ For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your ^(A)life as a prize of war, ^(B)because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”

¹⁷ “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me ^(A)by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; ^(B)behold, I proclaim to you liberty ^(C)to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. ^(D)I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁷ All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have ^(A)no remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.

⁴ And out came another horse, ^(A)bright red. Its rider was permitted ^(B)to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

⁵ When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^(C)third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^(D)a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ^(E)“A quart^[a] of wheat for a denarius,^[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and ^(F)do not harm the oil and wine!”

⁷ When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of ^(G)the fourth living creature say, “Come!” ⁸ And I looked, and behold, ^(H)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^(I)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^(J)by wild beasts of the earth.

⁷ For ^(A)nation will rise against nation, and ^(B)kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(C)famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are but the beginning of ^(D)the birth pains.

²¹ “For thus says the Lord God: How much more ^(A)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, ^(B)sword, ^(C)famine, ^(D)wild beasts, and ^(E)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

^15 (A)The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. ^(B)He who is in the field dies by the sword, ^(C)and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.