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Leviticus 26:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After I destroy your towns and ruin your land with war, I'll scatter you among the nations.

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Everyone sins. But when your people sin against you, suppose you get angry enough to let their enemies drag them away to foreign countries.

Nebuzaradan burnt down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshipping foreign gods,

They told me, “Those captives who have come back are having all kinds of troubles. They are terribly disgraced, Jerusalem's walls are broken down, and its gates have been burnt.”

Please remember the promise you made to Moses. You told him that if we were unfaithful, you would scatter us among foreign nations.

Then Haman went to the king and said: Your Majesty, there are some people who live all over your kingdom and won't have a thing to do with anyone else. They have customs that are different from everyone else's, and they refuse to obey your laws. We would be better off to get rid of them!

I'll scatter your children everywhere in the world.”

You let us be slaughtered like sheep, and you scattered us among the nations.

You sold your people for little or nothing, and you earned no profit.

Your country lies in ruins; your towns are in ashes. Foreigners and strangers take and destroy your land while you watch.

Then I asked the LORD, “How long will this last?” The LORD answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty,

I will scatter you, just as the desert wind blows husks from grain tossed in the air.

This punishment will happen because of the horrible things your King Manasseh did. And you will be disgusting to all nations on earth.

Listen to me, you nations nearby or across the sea. I scattered the people of Israel, but I will gather them again. I will protect them like a shepherd guarding a flock;

An army will come out, like a lion from its den. It will destroy nations and leave your towns empty and in ruins.”

When I have finished with your land, there will be deathly silence in the empty ruins of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah—no happy voices, no sounds of parties or wedding celebrations.

Some of you people of Judah will be left alive, but I will force you to go to foreign countries, and you will wish you were dead. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken.

I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.

Jerusalem, once so crowded, lies deserted and lonely. This city that was known all over the world is now like a widow. This queen of the nations has been made a slave.

The people of Judah are slaves, suffering in a foreign land, with no rest from sorrow. Their enemies captured them and were terribly cruel.

Instead, everyone shouted, “Go away! Don't touch us! You're filthy and unfit to belong to God's people!” So they had to leave and become refugees. But foreign nations told them, “You can't stay here!”

The LORD is the one who sent them scattering, and he has forgotten them. No respect or kindness will be shown to the priests or leaders.

Every town will lie in ruins, and the land will be a barren desert. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

So I solemnly swore that I would scatter the people of Israel across the nations,

I will scatter you throughout every nation on earth and put a stop to your sinful ways.

After you attack the brick that stands for Jerusalem, burn one pile of your hair on the brick. Chop up the second pile and let the small pieces of hair fall around the brick. Throw the third pile into the wind, and I will strike it with my own sword.

Even if you escape alive, you will end up in Egypt and be buried in Memphis. Your silver treasures will be lost among weeds; thorns will sprout in your tents.

I'll send a sword to kill them, wherever their enemies drag them off as captives. I'm determined to hurt them, not to help them.”

That's why I came with a whirlwind and scattered them among foreign nations, leaving their lovely country empty of people and in ruins.

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.

Only a few of you will survive, and the LORD will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations.

From James, a servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes scattered all over the world.




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