Jer 15:2-4, 42:22, 44:12, Eze 5:12-17, 6:11-14, 33:24 | ESV | STEP | And when they ask you, Where shall we go ? you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord : Those who are for pestilence , to pestilence , and those who are for the sword , to the sword ; those who are for famine , to famine , and those who are for captivity , to captivity .

2 And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

^a“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’
3 ^bI will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and ^cthe birds of the air ^dand the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 ^eAnd I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what ^fManasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 42:22

22 ^gNow therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”

Jeremiah 44:12

12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have ^hset their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. ⁱIn the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine ^jthey shall be consumed. ^kFrom the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, ^land they shall become an oath, a horror, ^ma curse, and a taunt.

Ezekiel 5:12-17

12 ⁿA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^oa third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^pand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

13 ^q“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^rI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy— ^swhen I spend my fury upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you ^ta desolation and ^uan object of reproach among ^vthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You shall be ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be} a reproach and a taunt, a warning ^xand a horror, to ^ythe nations all around you, ^zwhen I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and ^aawith furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you ^{▼▼Hebrew them} ^acthe deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon ^adyou and break your supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread. 17 I will send famine and ^afwild beasts against you, ^agand they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and ^ahblood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

Ezekiel 6:11-14

11 Thus says the Lord God: ^ai“Clap your hands ^ajand stamp your foot and say, Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, ^akfor they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 ^alHe who is far off shall die of pestilence, and he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who is left and is preserved shall die of famine. ^amThus I will spend my fury upon them. 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, ^anwhen their slain lie among their idols around their altars, ^aoon every high hill, ^apon all the mountaintops, ^aqunder every green tree, and under ^arevery leafy oak, wherever ^asthey offered pleasing aroma to all their idols. 14 And ^atI will stretch out my hand against them and ^aumake the land desolate and waste, ^avin all their dwelling places, from the wilderness to ^awRiblah. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Diblah} Then ^aythey will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 33:24

24 ^az“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ^bawaste places in the land of Israel keep saying, ^bb‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but ^bcwe are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’