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Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

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ASV

And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;

KJV

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙ve.ra.daf.Tiand I will pursueH7291 →
אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revwith the swordH2719 →
בָּרָעָ֣בba.ra.'Avwith <the> famineH7458 →
וּבַדָּ֑בֶרu.va.Da.verand with <the> pestilenceH1698 →
וּנְתַתִּ֨יםu.ne.ta.Timand I will make themH5414 →
לְזַעֲוָ֜הliz.va.'ahinto a terrorH2189 →
לְכֹ֣ל׀le.Kholto allH3605 →
מַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.Khot[the] kingdoms ofH4467 →
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
לְאָלָ֤הle.'a.Lahinto a curseH423 →
וּלְשַׁמָּה֙u.le.sha.Mahand into a wasteH8047 →
וְלִשְׁרֵקָ֣הve.lish.re.Kahand into a hissingH8322 →
וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הu.le.cher.Pahand into a reproachH2781 →
בְּכָל־be.kholamong allH3605 →
הַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whereH834 →
הִדַּחְתִּ֥יםhi.dach.TimI have banished themH5080 →
שָֽׁם׃ShamthereH8033 →

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Zechariah 8:13As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 29:8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.Jeremiah 34:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Numbers 5:27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Ezekiel 12:15And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.Lamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.1 Kings 9:7–8then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.Jeremiah 29:17this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.Ezekiel 22:15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.Ezekiel 36:19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

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