¹⁷ But you, you must gird your loins, and stand, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be afraid of them,^[a] or I will shatter you before^[b] them. ¹⁸ Now look, I have made you today^[c] as a fortified city and as an iron pillar and a bronze wall^[d] against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. ¹⁹ And they will fight against you but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you,” declares^[e] Yahweh, “to deliver you.”