13. He will try to escape, but I will catch him! He will be caught in my trap. Then I will bring him to Babylonia—the land of the Chaldeans. But he will not be able to see where he is going.
14. I will force the king’s people to live in the foreign countries around Israel, and I will scatter his army to the winds. The enemy soldiers will chase after them.
15. Then they will know that I am the Lord. They will know that I scattered them among the nations. They will know that I forced them to go to other countries.
16. “But I will let a few of the people live. They will not die from the disease, hunger, and war. I will let them live so that they can tell other people about the terrible things they did against me. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
17. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
18. “Son of man, you must act as if you are very frightened. You must shake when you eat your food. You must act worried and afraid when you drink your water.