16 ^aAnd if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like ^bdoves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.

17 ^cAll hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water.

25 ^uWhen anguish comes, ^vthey will seek peace, but there shall be none.

26 ^wDisaster comes upon disaster; ^xrumor follows rumor. ^yThey seek a vision from the prophet, while ^zthe law¹ perishes from the priest and ^acounsel from the elders.

Why Will You Die, Israel?

10 “And you, ^fson of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and ^gwe rot away because of them. ^hHow then can we live?’