23. ‘And if you are not instructed by Me by these, but walk contrary to Me,
24. then I also shall walk contrary to you, and I Myself shall smite you seven times for your sins.
25. ‘And I shall bring against you a sword executing the vengeance of My covenant, and you shall gather together in your cities, and I shall send pestilence among you, and you shall be given into the hand of the enemy.
26. ‘When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back to you your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
27. ‘And if in spite of this, you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me,
28. then I shall walk contrary to you in wrath. And I Myself shall punish you seven times for your sins.
29. ‘And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and eat the flesh of your daughters.
30. ‘And I shall destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and put your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. And My being shall loathe you.
31. ‘And I shall turn your cities into ruins and lay your set-apart places waste, and not smell your sweet fragrances.
32. ‘And I shall lay the land waste, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
33. ‘And I shall scatter you among the gentiles and draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins,