People laugh at me all day long; I am a joke to them all.

People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: "Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?"

Her leaders wandered through the streets as though blind, so stained with blood that no one would touch them.

"Get away!" people shouted. "You're defiled! Don't touch me!" So they wandered from nation to nation, welcomed by no one.

The LORD your God will make you the leader among the nations and not a follower; you will always prosper and never fail if you obey faithfully all his commands that I am giving you today.

In the countries to which the LORD will scatter you, the people will be shocked at what has happened to you; they will make fun of you and ridicule you.

They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.

when we are insulted, we answer back with kind words. We are no more than this world's garbage; we are the scum of the earth to this very moment!