³ And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

¹⁵ And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁴ I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.