“‘Then you will know that I am the Lord.’^(B)

“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.^(C)

¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(A) I will not look on them with pity^(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(C) to them.”

⁵ As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity^(A) or compassion.^(B)

¹⁰ So I will not look on them with pity^(A) or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.^(B)”

⁷ After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah^(A) king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague,^(B) sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(C) and to their enemies^(D) who want to kill them.^(E) He will put them to the sword;^(F) he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’^(G)