¹⁴ Then Yahweh said to me, “^(A)From the north the evil ^[a]will break open on all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁰ “Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘^(A)For what reason has Yahweh declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against Yahweh our God?’

¹⁵ “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have spoken against it because they have ^(A)stiffened their necks so ^(B)as not to hear My words.’”