³ 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)”

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.

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

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)

⁴ 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)