Psalm 69:11
When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning],
I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them.
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.
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.
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.
Job 17:6
“But He has made me a byword and mockery among the people,
And I have become one in whose face people spit.
Psalm 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Psalm 44:13-14
You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
Isaiah 20:2
at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, untie the
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Joel 1:8
Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
Joel 1:13
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth
And lament (cry out in grief), O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
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I made
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].
Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
I became
You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
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I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.