⁴ ‘Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have weapons of war in your hands to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans], who are all around the city wall. But I will ·make those weapons useless [turn them against you]. Soon I will ·bring [assemble] them [^Cthe weapons] into the center of this city. ⁵ In my anger, my ·very great anger [fury and great wrath], I myself will fight against you with my ·great power [outstretched hand] and ·strength [strong arm]. ⁶ I will ·kill [strike] ·everything living in Jerusalem [^Lthe inhabitants of this city]—both people and animals. They will die from ·terrible diseases [plagues; pestilence].