34. When you are taken to your enemy’s country, your land will finally get its rest. It will enjoy its time of rest all the time it lies empty.
35. During the time the land is empty, it will have the rest you should have given it while you lived in it.
36. “ ‘Those of you who are left alive will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be frightened by the sound of a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run as if someone were chasing them with a sword, and they will fall even when no one is chasing them.
37. They will fall over each other, as if someone were chasing them with a sword, even though no one is chasing them. You will not be strong enough to stand up against your enemies.
38. You will die among other nations and disappear in your enemies’ countries.
39. So those who are left alive will rot away in their enemies’ countries because of their sins. They will also rot away because of their ancestors’ sins.
40. “ ‘But maybe the people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors; maybe they will admit they turned against me and sinned against me,