And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (A)province are there in great distress and (B)reproach. (C)The wall of Jerusalem (D)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

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13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.

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We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

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

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15 ‘So [a]it shall be a (A)reproach, a taunt, a (B)lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in (C)furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:15 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. you

You have become guilty by the blood which you have (A)shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; (B)therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.

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