Isaiah 43:28
New Living Translation
28 That is why I have disgraced your priests;
I have decreed complete destruction[a] for Jacob
and shame for Israel.
Footnotes
- 43:28 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Isaiah 43:28
New International Version
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Jeremiah 24:9
New Living Translation
9 I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
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Jeremiah 24:9
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9 I will make them abhorrent(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(B) a curse[a](C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(D) them.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.
Zechariah 8:13
New Living Translation
13 Among the other nations, Judah and Israel became symbols of a cursed nation. But no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing. So don’t be afraid. Be strong, and get on with rebuilding the Temple!
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Zechariah 8:13
New International Version
13 Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse[a](A) among the nations, so I will save(B) you, and you will be a blessing.[b](C) Do not be afraid,(D) but let your hands be strong.(E)”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:13 That is, your name has been used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, you have been regarded as under a curse.
- Zechariah 8:13 Or and your name will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or and you will be seen as blessed
Isaiah 65:15
New Living Translation
15 Your name will be a curse word among my people,
for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you
and will call his true servants by another name.
Isaiah 65:15
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 2:16
New Living Translation
16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
New International Version
16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
Lamentations 2:2
New Living Translation
2 Without mercy the Lord has destroyed
every home in Israel.[a]
In his anger he has broken down
the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.[b]
He has brought them to the ground,
dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.
Lamentations 2:2
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Isaiah 47:6
New Living Translation
6 For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
Isaiah 47:6
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Psalm 79:4
New Living Translation
4 We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Psalm 79:4
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Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Curses for Disobedience
15 “But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
16 Your towns and your fields
will be cursed.
17 Your fruit baskets and breadboards
will be cursed.
18 Your children and your crops
will be cursed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
will be cursed.
19 Wherever you go and whatever you do,
you will be cursed.
20 “The Lord himself will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in everything you do, until at last you are completely destroyed for doing evil and abandoning me.
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Deuteronomy 28:15-20
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Curses for Disobedience
15 However, if you do not obey(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:(C)
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.(D)
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.(E)
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(F)
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.(G)
20 The Lord will send on you curses,(H) confusion and rebuke(I) in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin(J) because of the evil(K) you have done in forsaking him.[a]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Hebrew me
Luke 21:21-24
New Living Translation
21 Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city. 22 For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled. 23 How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people. 24 They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.
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Luke 21:21-24
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21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.(A) 22 For this is the time of punishment(B) in fulfillment(C) of all that has been written. 23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled(D) on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Daniel 9:14
New Living Translation
14 Therefore, the Lord has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The Lord our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.
Daniel 9:14
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Ezekiel 5:15
New Living Translation
15 You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the Lord punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the Lord.
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Ezekiel 5:15
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15 You will be a reproach(A) and a taunt, a warning(B) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(C) I the Lord have spoken.(D)
Lamentations 4:20
New Living Translation
20 Our king—the Lord’s anointed, the very life of our nation—
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!
Lamentations 4:20
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