¹⁶ I will scatter them among nations^(A) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,^(B) and I will pursue them with the sword^(C) until I have made an end of them.”^(D)

²³ Their graves are in the depths of the pit^(A) and her army lies around her grave.^(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

¹⁴ I will scatter to the winds all those around him—his staff and all his troops—and I will pursue them with drawn sword.^(A)

¹² A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds^(A) and pursue with drawn sword.^(B)

² When the days of your siege come to an end, burn^(A) a third^(B) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.^(C) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.^(D)