⁸ Therefore ^(A)the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them ^(B)an object of horror, of astonishment, ^(C)and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

^18 (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, ^(B)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;

^9 (A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^(B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, ^(C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

¹⁸ I will pursue them with ^(A)sword, famine, and pestilence, ^(B)and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, ^(C)to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations ^(D)where I have driven them,

⁸ And I will make this city ^(A)a horror, ^(B)a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds.

¹⁸ And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served ^(A)the Asherim and the idols. And ^(B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

^25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you ^(B)shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹⁴ All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ The Lord, the God of their fathers, ^(A)sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. ^16 (B)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^(C)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^(D)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.