Therefore, a (A)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (B)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

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Therefore a curse(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(B)
    and very few are left.

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28 So I will profane the [a]officials of the sanctuary,
And I will turn Jacob over to (A)destruction and Israel to (B)abuse.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:28 Or holy princes

28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
    I consigned Jacob to destruction[a](A)
    and Israel to scorn.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

then I will make this house like (A)Shiloh, and I will make this city a (B)curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”

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then I will make this house like Shiloh(A) and this city a curse[a](B) among all the nations of the earth.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 26:6 That is, its name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that it is cursed.