[You have madeus mere] offscouringand refuseIn the midstof the peoples.
Allwho passalongthe wayClaptheir hands[in derision] at you; They hissand shaketheir headsAt the daughterof Jerusalem,"Is thisthe cityof whichthey said,The perfectionof beauty,A joyto allthe earth'?"
I have becomea laughingstockto allmy people,Their [mocking] songallthe day.
Allour enemieshave openedtheir mouthsagainstus.
when we are slandered,we try to conciliate;we have becomeas the scumof the world,the dregsof all things,[even] untilnow.
"The LORDwill makeyou the headand not the tail,and you onlywill be above,and you will not be underneath,ifyou listento the commandmentsof the LORDyour God,whichI chargeyou today,to observe[them] carefully,
"You shall becomea horror,a proverb,and a tauntamong allthe peoplewherethe LORDdrivesyou.
"He shall lendto you, but you will not lendto him; he shall be the head,and you will be the tail.
