Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
General references
Bible References
By-word
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from My land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have consecrated for My Name, out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and an object of scorn among all nations.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Shaking
Psalm 22:7
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:‘The virgin daughter of Zion
Has despised you and mocked you;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind you!
Has despised you and mocked you;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind you!
Job 16:4
“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.
“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.
Isaiah 37:22
this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
“She has shown contempt for you and mocked you,
The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);
She has shaken her head behind you,
The Daughter of Jerusalem!
The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);
She has shaken her head behind you,
The Daughter of Jerusalem!
Lamentations 2:15
All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”
All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”
General references
Psalm 89:50
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear inmy heart the reproach of all the many peoples,
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced];
How I bear in