¹⁷ You therefore gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them. ¹⁸ For indeed, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the officials, against the priests, and against the people of the land. ¹⁹ They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.