¹⁹ If you become willing and ·obey [listen to] me,
    you will eat ·good crops from [the good of] the land.
²⁰ But if you ·refuse to obey [resist] and ·if you turn against me [rebel],
    you will be ·destroyed [^Ldevoured] by your enemies’ swords [^Cthe options are to eat the crops or be eaten by the swords].”
The Lord himself ·said these things [has spoken].

²¹ [^LSee how; or How…!] The ·city of Jerusalem once followed the Lord [^Lfaithful city],
    ·but she is no longer loyal to him [^L…has become a prostitute/whore; ^Ca metaphor for spiritual treachery].
She used to be filled with ·fairness [justice];
    ·people there lived the way God wanted [Righteousness/Justice lived/lodged there; ^Cpersonification].
    But now, murderers live there.