^{19 Ref} If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

^{20 Ref} And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

^{21 Ref} How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it `with' judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.

^{19 Ref} If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

^{20 Ref} But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

^{21 Ref} The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.