24. then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
25. You will have broken my agreement, so I will punish you. I will bring armies against you. You will go into your cities for safety, but I will cause diseases to spread among you. And your enemies will defeat you.
26. I will give you a share of the grain left in that city. But there will be very little food to eat. Ten women will be able to cook all their bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread. You will eat, but you will still be hungry.
27. “If you still refuse to listen to me, and if you still turn against me,
28. then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
29. You will become so hungry that you will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.
30. I will destroy your high places. I will cut down your incense altars. I will put your dead bodies on the dead bodies of your idols. You will be disgusting to me.
31. I will destroy your cities. I will make your holy places empty. I will stop smelling your offerings.
32. I will make your land empty. And your enemies who come to live there will be shocked at it.
33. I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty, and your cities will be destroyed.
34. “You will be taken to your enemy’s country. Your country will be empty. So your land will finally get its rest. The land will enjoy its time of rest.
35. During the time that the land is empty, it will get the time of rest that you did not give it while you lived there.
36. The survivors will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be afraid of everything. They will run around like a leaf blown by the wind. They will run as if someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall even when no one is chasing them.
37. They will run as if someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall over each other—even when no one is chasing them. “You will not be strong enough to stand up against your enemies.