¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, “^(A)Out of the north the evil ^[a]will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁵ For, behold, I am calling ^(A)all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and ^(B)place, each one of them, his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls around, and against all the ^(C)cities of Judah.