13 And as (A)you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, (B)so will I save you, and (C)you shall be a blessing. (D)Fear not, but (E)let your hands be strong.”

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11 (A)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (B)refusing to obey your voice. (C)And the curse and oath (D)that are written in the Law of (E)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (F)we have sinned against him.

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15 You shall be[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning (A)and a horror, to (B)the nations all around you, (C)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and (D)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken—

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  1. Ezekiel 5:15 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be

(A)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and (B)I will save the house of Joseph.
(C)I will bring them back (D)because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for (E)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
    and (F)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
    their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

(G)“I will whistle for them and (H)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and (I)they shall be as many as they were before.
(J)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries (K)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.

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Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of (B)the prophets who were present on (C)the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

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18 I will pursue them with (A)sword, famine, and pestilence, (B)and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, (C)to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations (D)where I have driven them,

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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

13 You have made us (A)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and (B)scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us (C)a byword among the nations,
    (D)a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.

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  1. Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head

20 (A)At that time I will bring you in,
    at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
    among all the peoples of the earth,
(B)when I restore your fortunes
    before your eyes,” says the Lord.

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18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. (B)You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

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24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, (A)a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt (B)my people, and Assyria (C)the work of my hands, and (D)Israel my inheritance.”

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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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17 (A)May his name endure forever,
    his fame continue as long as the sun!
(B)May people be blessed in him,
    (C)all nations call him blessed!

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28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (B)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And (C)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (D)heirs according to promise.

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  1. Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, (A)‘Let us go at once (B)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 (C)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and (D)to entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days (E)ten men (F)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for (G)we have heard that God is with you.’”

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11 Then he said to me, (A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and (B)our hope is lost; (C)we are indeed cut off.’

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15 All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
(A)they hiss and wag their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    (B)the perfection of beauty,
    (C)the joy of all the earth?”

16 (D)All your enemies
    rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
    they cry: “We (E)have swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
    now we have it; (F)we see it!”

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15 You shall leave your name to (A)my chosen (B)for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants (C)he will call by another name,
16 so that he who (D)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by (E)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by (F)the God of truth;
(G)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

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16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of (A)the enemy and the avenger.

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20 (A)then I will pluck you[a] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (B)a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, (C)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 22 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse

37 And you shall become (A)a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.

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(A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. (B)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (C)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a]

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

13 For (A)I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, (B)O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

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19 And I said to (A)the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, (B)“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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