Psalm 69:11
New Living Translation
11 When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.
Jeremiah 24:9
New Living Translation
9 I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
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1 Kings 9:7
New Living Translation
7 then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Job 17:6
New Living Translation
6 “God has made a mockery of me among the people;
they spit in my face.
Joel 1:13
New Living Translation
13 Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests!
Wail, you who serve before the altar!
Come, spend the night in burlap,
you ministers of my God.
For there is no grain or wine
to offer at the Temple of your God.
Joel 1:8
New Living Translation
8 Weep like a bride dressed in black,
mourning the death of her husband.
Isaiah 22:12
New Living Translation
12 At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
Isaiah 20:2
New Living Translation
2 the Lord told Isaiah son of Amoz, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot.
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Psalm 44:13-14
New Living Translation
13 You let our neighbors mock us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
14 You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
Psalm 35:13-14
New Living Translation
13 Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.
Deuteronomy 28:37
New Living Translation
37 You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
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