The Punishment of the Wicked in This Life by War

And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.