¹⁶ And I will ^[a]pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, since they have ^(A)abandoned Me and have ^[b](B)offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the ^(C)works of their own hands. ¹⁷ Now, ^(D)belt your garment around your waist and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. ^(E)Do not be dismayed before them, or I will make you dismayed before them. ¹⁸ Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like a pillar of iron and walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, to its priests, and to the people of the land.