15 The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. 16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. 17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.
Ezekiel 7:15–17
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