'Derision' in the Bible
Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies—
“What man is like Job,Who drinks up derision like water,
You make us a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors,A scoffing and derision to those around us.
For each time I speak, I cry aloud;I proclaim violence and destruction,Because for me the word of the Lord has resultedIn reproach and derision all day long.
All who pass along the wayClap their hands in derision at you;They hiss and shake their headsAt the daughter of Jerusalem,“Is this the city of which they said,‘The perfection of beauty,A joy to all the earth’?”
Thus says the Lord God,‘You will drink your sister’s cup,Which is deep and wide.You will be laughed at and held in derision;It contains much.
Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,
They turn, but not upward,They are like a deceitful bow;Their princes will fall by the swordBecause of the insolence of their tongue.This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
“The statutes of OmriAnd all the works of the house of Ahab are observed;And in their devices you walk.Therefore I will give you up for destructionAnd your inhabitants for derision,And you will bear the reproach of My people.”
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