²⁸ And if you defile the land,^(A) it will vomit you out^(B) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(A) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

¹⁷ “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness^(A) in my sight.^(B)

²² “‘Keep all my decrees and laws^(A) and follow them, so that the land^(B) where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.

²⁵ Even the land was defiled;^(A) so I punished it for its sin,^(B) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.^(C)

¹³ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because some say to you, “You devour people^(A) and deprive your nation of its children,”