18 And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence; and I (A)will deliver them to trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth—to be (B)a curse, an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

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18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been (A)poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And (B)you shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’

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I will hand them over to (A)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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Therefore the (A)wrath of the Lord fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has (B)given them up to trouble, to desolation, and to (C)jeering, as you see with your (D)eyes.

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I will deliver them to (A)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (B)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.

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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 shall become [a]troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:25 a terror

15 (A)“Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.

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15 All who [a]pass by (A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
Is this the city that is called
(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, (E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, (G)we have seen it!

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  1. Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way

17 “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. (A)Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the Lord(B)‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to (C)trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth.

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behold, I will send and take (A)all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and (C)make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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15 You shall leave your name (A)as a curse to (B)My chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And (C)call His servants by another name;

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(A)then I will [a]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (B)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (C)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And as for (D)this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, (E)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy

24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles (A)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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14 “But (A)I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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“For surely I will command,
And will [a]sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
(A)Yet not the smallest [b]grain shall fall to the ground.

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  1. Amos 9:9 shake
  2. Amos 9:9 Lit. pebble

19 So I (A)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them (B)according to their ways and their deeds.

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15 (A)I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and (B)remove your filthiness completely from you.

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(A)“Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are (B)scattered through the countries.

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22 (A)And because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, (B)whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”;

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then I will make this house like (A)Shiloh, and will make this city (B)a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”

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I will make this city (A)desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

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11 (A)You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have (B)scattered us among the nations.

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19 (A)“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, 20 (B)then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have [a]sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a (C)byword among all peoples.

21 “And as for (D)this [b]house, which [c]is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be (E)astonished and say, (F)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’ 22 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:20 set apart
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:21 Temple
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:21 Or was

21 And the Lord (A)would separate him from all the tribes of Israel for adversity, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the (B)Law, 22 so that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they (C)see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the Lord has laid on it:

23 ‘The whole land is brimstone, (D)salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, (E)like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’ 24 All nations would say, (F)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’ 25 Then people would say: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt; 26 for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them. 27 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against this land, (G)to bring on it every curse that is written in this book. 28 And the Lord (H)uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

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64 “Then the Lord (A)will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and (B)there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known—wood and stone.

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