¹⁷ Now, ^(A)gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. ^(B)Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. ¹⁸ Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. ¹⁹ They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for ^(C)I am with you to deliver you,” declares the Lord.