16. “And I shall pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their evil, because they have forsaken Me, burned incense to other mighty ones, and bowed themselves to the works of their own hands.
17. “Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not break down before their faces, lest I break you before them.
18. “For look, I have made you this day a walled city and an iron column, and bronze walls against all the land, against the sovereigns of Yehuḏah, against her heads, against her priests, and against the people of the land.
19. “And they shall fight against you, but not prevail against you. For I am with you,” declares יהוה, “to deliver you.”