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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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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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

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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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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(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

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