⁴ Thus you shall say to Zedekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I am going to turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls, and I will bring them together into the center of this city.^(A)

⁵ I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, in fury, and in great wrath.^(A)