¹⁸ If I go out to the field,
look – those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look – those ill^(A) from famine!
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.

⁴⁰ Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighbouring towns^(A) –
this is the Lord’s declaration –
so no one will live there;
no human being will stay in it even temporarily
as a temporary resident.^(B)