³ And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and ^(A)shame. ^(B)The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, ^(C)and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁴ Moreover, I will make you ^(A)a desolation and ^(B)an object of reproach among ^(C)the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. ¹⁵ You shall be^[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning ^(D)and a horror, to ^(E)the nations all around you, ^(F)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and ^(G)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken—

⁴ You have become guilty ^(A)by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought ^(B)your days near, the appointed time of^[a] your years has come. ^(C)Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.