²⁷ “Tell them this: This is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.^{(A) 28} I will make the land a desolate waste,^(B) and its proud strength will come to an end.^(C) The mountains of Israel^(D) will become desolate, with no one passing through. ²⁹ They will know that I am Yahweh when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable acts they have committed.