² “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord ^[a]God to the land of Israel, ‘An ^(A)end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land.

An Interlude

7 After this I saw ^(A)four angels standing at the ^(B)four corners of the earth, holding back ^(C)the four winds of the earth, ^(D)so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.