12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, ^sand though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them ^tby the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

4 ^jThey shall die of deadly diseases. ^kThey shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. ^lThey shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. ^mThey shall perish by the sword and by famine, ⁿand their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

9 He who stays in this city shall die ⁱby the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and ^jsurrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live ^kand shall have his life as a prize of war.

11 He shall come ^band strike the land of Egypt, ^cgiving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.

12 ^dA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^da third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^dand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

11 Thus says the Lord God: ^k“Clap your hands ^land stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, ^mfor they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 ⁿHe who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. ^oThus I will spend my fury upon them.

9 So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. ^xWhat is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”