⁶ Be strong and courageous;^(A) don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For it is the Lord your God who goes with you;^(B) He will not leave you or forsake you.”^(C)

¹⁷ My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey.^[a] Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’