Psalm 79:4

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Summary

Psalm 79:4

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Become

Scorn

1 Kings 9:7

Nehemiah 2:19

Nehemiah 4:1

General references

Psalm 74:10

Lamentations 3:14

Bible References

Become

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.

All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;

Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more.

All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach.

And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

Scorn

then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

General references

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.