15. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.
16. But I will let a few of them escape the sword, starvation, and plague, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations to which they go. Thus they may know that I am the Lord.
17. The word of the Lord came to me:
18. Son of man, eat your bread trembling and drink your water shaking with fear.
19. And say to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord God about the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: they shall eat their bread in fear and drink their water in horror, because the land will be emptied of what fills it—the lawlessness of all its inhabitants.
20. Inhabited cities shall be in ruins, the land a desolate place. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
21. The word of the Lord came to me:
22. Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days drag on, and every vision fails”?