²⁷ Behold, I am watching over them ^(A)for harm and not for good, and ^(B)all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will ^[a]meet their end by the sword and by famine until they ^[b]are completely gone.

² One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the ^(A)days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around ^[a]the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will ^(B)unsheathe a sword behind them.

¹² One third of you will die by ^(A)plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will ^(B)scatter to every wind, and I will ^(C)unsheathe a sword behind them.