¹² And a third of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed by famine in the midst of you; a third shall fall by the sword round about you; and I will scatter a third to all the winds and will draw out a sword after them.

¹⁴ Should I ransom them from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Should I redeem them from death? ^[a]O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Relenting and compassion are hidden from My eyes.^(A)