^7 (A)then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and ^(B)the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will ^[a]expel from My sight. So ^(C)Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples. ⁸ And this house will become ^(D)a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and ^[b]hiss and say, ‘^(E)Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and this house?’

⁸ I will also turn this city into an object of ^(A)horror and ^[a]hissing; ^(B)everyone who passes by it will be appalled and ^[b]hiss because of all its ^[c]disasters.

⁹ I will ^(A)make them an object of terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a ^(B)disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a ^(C)curse in all the places where I will scatter them.

⁹ behold, I will ^(A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will ^[a]completely destroy them and ^(C)make them an object of horror and ^[b]hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins.

¹⁸ I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with plague; and I will ^(A)make them an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a ^(B)curse and an object of horror and ^[a](C)hissing, and a disgrace among all the nations where I have driven them,