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 neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.

Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and her kings, and her princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury hath 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 wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call the Perfection of beauty, the Joy of the whole earth?

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession to the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

Scorn

Then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people:

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

General references

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.