¹⁷ The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says: “I will soon send ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence; ^Cagainst those still in Jerusalem]. I will make them like bad figs that are too rotten to eat [24:1–10]. ¹⁸ I will ·chase [pursue] them with ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence]. I will make them ·hated by [a horror to] all the kingdoms of the earth. ·People will curse them and be shocked and will use them as a shameful example [^L…an object of cursing, shock, hissing and reproach] ·wherever I make them go [^Lamong the nations where I have driven them]. ¹⁹ This is because they have not listened to my message,” says the Lord. “I sent my ·message [word] to them again and again through my servants, the prophets, but they did not listen,” says the Lord.