^16 (A)I will scatter them among the nations ^(B)whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will ^(C)send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

^12 (A)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^(B)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^(C)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

^2 (A)A third part you shall burn in the fire ^(B)in the midst of the city, ^(C)when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. ^(D)And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and ^(E)I will unsheathe the sword after them.

⁶⁴ “And the Lord ^(A)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and ^(B)there you shall serve other gods ^(C)of wood and stone, ^(D)which neither you nor your fathers have known.

³³ And ^(A)I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

^27 (A)Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. ^(B)All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

Greeting

1 ^(A)James, a servant^[a] of God and ^(B)of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To ^(C)the twelve tribes in ^(D)the Dispersion:

Greetings.

^14 (A)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^(B)the nations that they had not known. ^(C)Thus the land they left was desolate, ^(D)so that no one went to and fro, ^(E)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”