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, 19 because they have (D)not listened to My words,’ declares the Lord, ‘which I sent to them again and again by (E)My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the Lord. 20 ‘You, therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles, whom I have (F)sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:18 Or whistling

18 I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[a](B) and an object of horror,(C) of scorn(D) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them. 19 For they have not listened to my words,”(E) declares the Lord, “words that I sent to them again and again(F) by my servants the prophets.(G) And you exiles have not listened either,” declares the Lord.

20 Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I have sent(H) away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.