17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, (A)how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer (B)suffer derision.”

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17 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A) Come, let us rebuild the wall(B) of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.(C)

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14 Moreover, I will make you (A)a desolation and (B)an object of reproach among (C)the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.

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14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(A)

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And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and (A)shame. (B)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, (C)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

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They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A)

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We have become (A)a taunt to our neighbors,
    (B)mocked and derided by those around us.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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51 my eyes cause me grief
    at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

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51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

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45 (A)You have made us scum and garbage
    among the peoples.

46 (B)“All our enemies
    open their mouths against us;

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

46 “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide(B) against us.(C)

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I will make them (A)a horror[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be (B)a reproach, (C)a byword, (D)a taunt, and (E)a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.

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  1. Jeremiah 24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil

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.

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  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

You have become guilty (A)by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought (B)your days near, the appointed time of[a] your years has come. (C)Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries. Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; (D)your name is defiled; (E)you are full of tumult.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts until

you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(A) and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come.(B) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(C) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(D) Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(E)

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(A)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    (B)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
(C)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
(D)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    (E)they languished together.

Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    (F)he has ruined (G)and broken her bars;
(H)her king and princes are among the nations;
    the law is no more,
and (I)her prophets find
    no vision from the Lord.

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The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(A)
He stretched out a measuring line(B)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(C) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(D)

Her gates(E) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(F) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(G) among the nations,
    the law(H) is no more,
and her prophets(I) no longer find
    visions(J) from the Lord.

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The Lord (A)has swallowed up (B)without mercy
    all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath (C)he has broken down
    the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought (D)down to the ground (E)in dishonor
    the kingdom (F)and its rulers.

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Without pity(A) the Lord has swallowed(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground(D) in dishonor.

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(A)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
(B)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

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Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;
say(B) to those with fearful hearts,(C)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(D)
your God will come,(E)
    he will come with vengeance;(F)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(G) you.”

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50 (A)Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
    and how I bear in my (B)heart the insults[a] of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
    with which they mock (C)the footsteps of your (D)anointed.

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  1. Psalm 89:50 Hebrew lacks the insults

50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[a] been mocked,(A)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(B)

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  1. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have

12 Return (A)sevenfold into the (B)lap of our neighbors
    the (C)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

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12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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