“This shall be the plague
With which Yahweh
Will strike all the people
That waged wars
Against Jerusalem.
Their flesh shall rot,
While they are still
On their feet.
Their eyes shall rot
In their sockets.
Their tongues shall rot
In their mouths.”
Yahweh was going to send a plague on everybody that had waged war on Jerusalem. Their flesh would rot on their body as they were still standing on their feet. Their eyes would rot in their sockets, while their tongues would rot in their mouths. This was a rotten plague.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 