¹⁹ Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything^(A) in it because of the violence of all who live there.^(B)

¹⁴ ‘I scattered^(A) them with a whirlwind^(B) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.^(C) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.^(D)’”

¹⁴ And I will stretch out my hand^(A) against them and make the land a desolate waste from the desert to Diblah^[a]—wherever they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(B)’”

⁶ Wherever you live,^(A) the towns will be laid waste and the high places^(B) demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and devastated, your idols^(C) smashed and ruined, your incense altars^(D) broken down, and what you have made wiped out.^{(E) 7} Your people will fall slain^(F) among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.^(G)

²⁸ But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.^(A)

²⁶ for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”^[a](A)