¹⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸ “Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear. ¹⁹ Then say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped and looted of its fullness because of the violence of all those who live in it. ²⁰ The cities that are inhabited will be in ruins and the land will be deserted; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”