Jeremiah 29:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ I will ·chase [pursue] them with ·war [^Lsword], ·hunger [famine], and ·terrible diseases [plague; pestilence]. I will make them ·hated by [a horror to] all the kingdoms of the earth. ·People will curse them and be shocked and will use them as a shameful example [^L…an object of cursing, shock, hissing and reproach] ·wherever I make them go [^Lamong the nations where I have driven them]. ¹⁹ This is because they have not listened to my message,” says the Lord. “I sent my ·message [word] to them again and again through my servants, the prophets, but they did not listen,” says the Lord.

²⁰ You ·captives [exiles], whom I ·forced to leave [sent from] Jerusalem ·and go to [^Lto] Babylon, listen to the message from the Lord.