¹⁸ If I go out to the field,
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill^(A) from famine!
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.

⁴⁰ Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns^(A)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
so no one will live there;
no human being will even stay in it
as a temporary resident.^(B)