14 “I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by. 15 So you[a] will be a disgrace and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger,(A) wrath, and furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken. 16 When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:15 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads she

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(A) 15 You will be a reproach(B) and a taunt, a warning(C) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(D) I the Lord have spoken.(E) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(F)

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