Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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- Jer 42:18 : 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine 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.
- Lam 2:15-16 : 15 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? 16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
- Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- Neh 4:1-4 : 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
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- Ps 44:13-175 verses86%
13Thou makest{H8799)} us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14Thou makest{H8799)} us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered{H8765)} me,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth{H8764)} and blasphemeth{H8764)}; by reason of the enemy{H8802)} and avenger{H8693)}.
17All this is come{H8804)} upon us; yet have we not forgotten{H8804)} thee, neither have we dealt falsely{H8765)} in thy covenant.
- Lam 3:45-462 verses76%
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11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
- Ps 123:3-42 verses74%
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12And render{H8685)} unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached{H8765)} thee, O Lord.
- Lam 4:17-204 verses72%
17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
- Ps 44:9-113 verses72%
9But thou hast cast off{H8804)}, and put us to shame{H8686)}; and goest not forth{H8799)} with our armies.
10Thou makest us to turn{H8686)} back from the enemy: and they which hate{H8764)} us spoil{H8804)} for themselves.
11Thou hast given{H8799)} us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered{H8765)} us among the heathen.
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7O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.