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37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.(A)

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I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them,(A) and I will reject[a] the temple I have sanctified for my name.(B) Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.(C)

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  1. 9:7 Lit send from my presence

13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbours,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.(A)

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We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbours,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.(A)

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My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and use my name as a curse.(A)

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Jeremiah Compelled to Preach

You deceived(A) me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughing-stock all the time;(B)
everyone ridicules me.

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I will make them an object of horror(A) and a disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, an example for disgrace, scorn, ridicule,(B) and cursing, wherever I have banished them.(C)

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