¹⁴ As for all those who are in league with him, I will scatter his helpers and all his troops to the winds and let the sword loose after them. ¹⁵ They will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. ¹⁶ But I will preserve a few of their number from the sword, famine, and plague, so that they may confess all their detestable practices among the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.