¹⁶ I will declare my judgment against them for doing evil: for abandoning me, worshipping other gods, and trusting in the works of their hands. ¹⁷ But you must prepare for battle and be ready to utter every word I command you. Don’t be frightened before them, or I will frighten you before them. ¹⁸ Today I have made you an armed city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall against the entire land—the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and all its people.