^{23 Ref} `And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me `in' opposition,

^{24 Ref} then I have walked -- I also -- with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;

^{25 Ref} and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy.