For I endure scorn(A) for your sake,(B)
    and shame covers my face.(C)

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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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.

16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(A) turn away(B) your anger and your wrath(C) from Jerusalem,(D) your city, your holy hill.(E) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(F) to all those around us.

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