Thematic Bible: Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
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Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Thou hast made thyself guilty in the blood that thou hast shed, and defiled thee in the Idols, which thou hast made. Thou hast caused thy days to draw nigh, and made the time of thy years to come. Therefore will I make thee to be confounded among the heathen, and to be despised in all the lands.
And will make them to be a reproof, a common byword, a laughingstock and shame, in all the places where I shall scatter them.
And thou shalt go to waste and be made an example and a jestingstock unto all nations whither the LORD shall carry thee.
then I will weed Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have hallowed for my name, I will put out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a fable unto all nations.
Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.