¹⁶ But the Lord says this about the king who is sitting on David’s throne now and all the other people still in this city [^CJerusalem], your ·relatives [^Lbrothers] who did not go ·as captives to Babylon [^Lout as exiles] with you. ¹⁷ The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] says: “I will soon send ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence; ^Cagainst those still in Jerusalem]. I will make them like bad figs that are too rotten to eat [24:1–10]. ¹⁸ I will ·chase [pursue] them with ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence]. I will make them ·hated by [a horror to] all the kingdoms of the earth. ·People will curse them and be shocked and will use them as a shameful example [^L…an object of cursing, shock, hissing and reproach] ·wherever I make them go [^Lamong the nations where I have driven them].