I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

"The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.

"The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.

" Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong [pain] in many of his bones,

His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out [which once] were not seen.

Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near to the gates of death.

Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

From the sole of the foot even to the head, [There is] no soundness in it, [But] wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

If I go out to the field, Then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.' "

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

"From above He has sent fire into my bones, And it overpowered them; He has spread a net for my feet And turned me back; He has made me desolate [And] faint all the day.

He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

Samaria is held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child ripped open.