Psalm 44:13
New King James Version
13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
Psalm 80:6
New King James Version
6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalm 79:4
New King James Version
4 We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
Ezekiel 36:19-23
New King James Version
19 So I (A)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them (B)according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they (C)profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ 21 But I had concern (D)for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, (E)but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am (F)hallowed in you before their eyes.
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Jeremiah 48:27
New King James Version
27 For (A)was not Israel a derision to you?
(B)Was he found among thieves?
For whenever you speak of him,
You shake your head in (C)scorn.
Jeremiah 24:9
New King James Version
9 I will deliver them to (A)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (B)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
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Psalm 123:3-4
New King James Version
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 89:51
New King James Version
51 (A)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [a]anointed.
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
Psalm 89:41
New King James Version
41 All who pass by the way (A)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
Deuteronomy 28:37
New King James Version
37 And you shall become (A)an[a] astonishment, a proverb, (B)and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
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- Deuteronomy 28:37 a thing of horror
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