¹⁶ I, in turn, will do this to you: I will ^[a]summon a ^(A)sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the ^(B)soul languish; also, ^(C)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it.

^22 (A)I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that ^(B)your roads become deserted.

²⁵ I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute ^(A)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send a ^(B)plague among you, so that you will be handed over to the enemy.

²¹ For this is what the Lord God says: “How much more when ^(A)I send My four ^[a]severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, vicious animals, and plague to eliminate human and animal life from it!