Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual,<n id="1" /> mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions;p> <p class="poetry">he makes water flow out of a rock for them;p> <p class="poetry">he splits open a rock and water flows out.&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They will devastate the pride of Egypt,p> <p class="poetry">and all its hordes will be destroyed.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is what you must say to them, &#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die<n id="1" /> by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.