¹⁰ And you, son of man, say to the children of Israel, You say, Our wrongdoing and our sins are on us and we are wasting away in them; how then may we have life?

³⁹ And those of you who are still living will be wasting away in their sins in the land of your haters; in the sins of their fathers they will be wasting away.

¹⁴ But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.

²³ And your head-dresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet: there will be no sorrow or weeping; but you will be wasting away in the punishment of your evil-doing, and you will be looking at one another in wonder.

¹¹ Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.

¹⁷ So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

⁷ O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.

²⁰ Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.

²⁵ Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.