³ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because ^(A)they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and ^(B)you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,

¹⁰ “Because you said, ^(A)‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and ^(B)we will take possession of them’—although the ^(C)Lord was there—