⁸ ‘And it will be that the nation or the kingdom which ^(A)will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and 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 plague,’ declares the Lord, ‘until I have eliminated ^[a]it by his hand.

¹⁸ I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with plague; and I will ^(A)make them an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a ^(B)curse and an object of horror and ^[a](C)hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations where I have driven them,

²⁴ Behold, the ^(A)assault ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city has been ^(B)handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the ^(C)sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has ^(D)come to pass; and behold, You see it.