¹⁶ “Go and tell Ebed-Melek^(A) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words^(B) against this city—words concerning disaster,^(C) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

⁷ I will set my face against^(A) them. Although they have come out of the fire^(B), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.^(C)