²² therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men^(A) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

¹⁶ And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury^(A) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.^(B) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.^(C)

⁹ I will make them eat^(A) the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies^(B) will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’