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)

²⁰ The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(A)’”