45 You have made us scum(A) and refuse
    among the nations.

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13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(A) of the world—right up to this moment.

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14 Now they grope through the streets
    as if they were blind.(A)
They are so defiled with blood(B)
    that no one dares to touch their garments.

15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people cry to them.
    “Away! Away! Don’t touch us!”
When they flee and wander(C) about,
    people among the nations say,
    “They can stay here no longer.”(D)

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14 I became the laughingstock(A) of all my people;(B)
    they mock me in song(C) all day long.

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them.(A) They will be the head, but you will be the tail.(B)

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13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(A) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(B)

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