The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.

I will shoot against them deadly,<n id="1" /> destructive<n id="2" /> arrows of famine,<n id="3" /> which I will shoot to destroy you.<n id="4" /> I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.<n id="5" />

A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you.<n id="1" /> A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you,<n id="2" /> and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you.<n id="1" /> Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you,<n id="2" /> and I will bring a sword against you. I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have spoken!&#8221;p>

The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these<n id="1" /> will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.

I will prepare for them a healthy<n id="1" /> planting. They will no longer be victims<n id="2" /> of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you.

I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, &#8220;Ah!&#8221; because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence.<n id="1" />

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

&#8220;Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply,<n id="1" /> cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments &#8211; sword, famine, wild animals, and plague &#8211; to Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to kill both people and animals!