³Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; ^†Because they have made you desolate, and ^gswallowed you up on every side, ^fthat ye might be a possession unto ^hthe residue of the heathen, ⁱand ^||ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and ⁱare an infamy of the people:

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†Heb. Because, for because. So Lev. 26:43. ch. 13:10.
gSee Amos 8:4.
fver. 3, 5. See ch. 35:10.
hver. 4, 5.
iSo Lam. 2:15, 16. Dan. 9:16. See Deut. 28:37.
||Or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue. Comp. Job 11:2 marg. Ps. 140:12 marg. Also ch. 23:10.
iSo Lam. 2:15, 16. Dan. 9:16. See Deut. 28:37.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

therefore, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people’s gossip and slander,

NLTNew Living Translation

Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because indeed when you were desolate, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became a byword and object of slander for the people.”