15. `Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised up to us prophets in Babylon,
16. Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people that is dwelling in this city, your brethren who went not forth with you in the removal;
17. Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Lo, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and I have given them up as figs that [are] vile, that are not eaten for badness.
18. And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them,
19. Because that they have not hearkened unto My words--an affirmation of Jehovah-- that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not-- an affirmation of Jehovah.