KJV ORIGINAL
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
This is what the Lord God is saying: If things are bad now, imagine when I bring all four of my serious judgments on Jerusalem at once — war, hunger, wild animals, and disease. They'll wipe out both people and animals.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When God's patience runs out, the consequences hit differently — and they hit everything.
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