⁸ “It will be, that the nation or the kingdom which ^(A)will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the ^(B)sword, with famine and with pestilence,” declares the Lord, “until I have destroyed ^[a]it by his hand.

²³ They will also bring out all your wives and your ^(A)sons to the Chaldeans, and ^(B)you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^(C)this city will be burned with fire.’”

^31 (A)Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a ^(B)new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?