² When the days of your siege come to an end, burn^(A) a third^(B) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.^(C) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.^(D)

²¹ All his choice troops will fall by the sword,^(A) and the survivors^(B) will be scattered to the winds.^(C) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.^(D)