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And when they look to you and ask, “Where should we go?” tell them I, the Eternal, said,

    For some, their destiny is deadly disease,
        for others it is war,
    And still others, their destiny is starvation,
        and lastly, some are doomed to be captives of an enemy state.

I am sending four destroyers: the sword to slaughter, the dogs to drag away the carnage, the birds of the sky, and the wild beasts of the earth to devour and destroy what is left. What I do to this evil nation will horrify the watching world for generations. What Manasseh (son of Hezekiah), king of Judah, did in Jerusalem will not be overlooked.

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And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(D) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(E) to kill and the dogs(F) to drag away and the birds(G) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(H) I will make them abhorrent(I) to all the kingdoms of the earth(J) because of what Manasseh(K) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

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