'Spectacle' in the Bible
therefore look, I am again doing something spectacular and a spectacle with this spectacular people. And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden."
therefore, listen, I will gather all your lovers (pagan allies) with whom you took pleasure, and all those whom you loved with all those whom you hated; I will even gather them against you from every direction and will expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations].
Your heart became proud because of your beauty;For the sake of your splendoryou corrupted your wisdom.So I threw you down to the earth;I made you a spectacle before kings.
I will throw filth on youand treat you with contempt;I will make a spectacle of you.
All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.
At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.
And the spectacle was so terrifying [that] Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."