²⁵ “‘I will make a covenant^(A) of peace^(B) with them and rid the land of savage beasts^(C) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.^(D)

²⁵ When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions^(A) among them and they killed some of the people.

¹⁷ I will send famine and wild beasts^(A) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed^(B) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.^(C)”

¹⁵ “Or if I send wild beasts^(A) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,^(B)