The Lord declares that He will stretch out His hand against Jerusalem with famine, wild beasts, pestilence, and blood to cut off from it human and animal. This verse applies the abstract principle of chapter 14 specifically to Jerusalem, identifying the city as the subject of God's comprehensive judgment. The enumeration of four agents of judgment—famine, wild beasts, pestilence, and blood—recalls the comprehensive nature of destruction described throughout the Ezekiel judgment passages. The stretching out of God's hand represents active divine agency in bringing judgment.

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