¹⁰ “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,^(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

¹⁰ I have determined to do this city harm^(A) and not good, declares the Lord. It will be given into the hands^(B) of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.’^(C)

¹⁶ “Go and tell Ebed-Melek^(A) the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words^(B) against this city—words concerning disaster,^(C) not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

¹¹ “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,^(A) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster^(B) on you and to destroy all Judah.