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It will come to pass, when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ Then You will tell them, thus says Adonai:

    “Those for death—to death!
    Those for the sword—to the sword!
    Those for famine—to famine!
    Those for exile—to exile![a]
I have appointed over them four kinds”
    —it is a declaration of Adonai
    “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.[b]

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And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(D) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(E) to kill and the dogs(F) to drag away and the birds(G) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(H)

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