Verse 4

We are become a reproach{H2781} to our neighbours{H7934}, a scorn{H3933} and derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 80:6 : 6 Thou makest{H7760}{H8799)} us a strife{H4066} unto our neighbours{H7934}: and our enemies{H341}{H8802)} laugh{H3932}{H8799)} among themselves.
  • Ps 89:41 : 41 All that pass by{H5674}{H8802)} the way{H1870} spoil{H8155}{H8804)} him: he is a reproach{H2781} to his neighbours{H7934}.
  • Jer 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to be removed{H2189}{(H8675)}{H2113} into all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} for their hurt{H7451}, to be a reproach{H2781} and a proverb{H4912}, a taunt{H8148} and a curse{H7045}, in all places{H4725} whither I shall drive{H5080}{(H8686)} them.
  • Jer 25:18 : 18 To wit, Jerusalem{H3389}, and the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and the kings{H4428} thereof, and the princes{H8269} thereof, to make{H5414}{(H8800)} them a desolation{H2723}, an astonishment{H8047}, an hissing{H8322}, and a curse{H7045}; as it is this day{H3117};
  • Jer 42:18 : 18 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; As mine anger{H639} and my fury{H2534} hath been poured forth{H5413}{(H8738)} upon the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}; so shall my fury{H2534} be poured forth{H5413}{(H8799)} upon you, when ye shall enter{H935}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}: and ye shall be an execration{H423}, and an astonishment{H8047}, and a curse{H7045}, and a reproach{H2781}; and ye shall see{H7200}{(H8799)} this place{H4725} no more.
  • Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All that pass{H5674}{(H8802)} by clap{H5606}{(H8804)} their hands{H3709} at thee{H1870}; they hiss{H8319}{(H8804)} and wag{H5128}{(H8686)} their head{H7218} at the daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389}, saying, Is this the city{H5892} that men call{H559}{(H8799)} The perfection{H3632} of beauty{H3308}, The joy{H4885} of the whole earth{H776}? 16 All thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} have opened{H6475}{(H8804)} their mouth{H6310} against thee: they hiss{H8319}{(H8804)} and gnash{H2786}{(H8799)} the teeth{H8127}: they say{H559}{(H8804)}, We have swallowed her up{H1104}{(H8765)}: certainly{H389} this is the day{H3117} that we looked for{H6960}{(H8765)}; we have found{H4672}{(H8804)}, we have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} it.
  • Lam 5:1 : 1 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, O LORD{H3068}, what is come upon us: consider{H5027}{(H8685)}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} our reproach{H2781}.
  • Ezek 35:12 : 12 And thou shalt know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, and that I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} all thy blasphemies{H5007} which thou hast spoken{H559}{(H8804)} against the mountains{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, They are laid desolate{H8074}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H8077}, they are given{H5414}{(H8738)} us to consume{H402}.
  • Ezek 36:3 : 3 Therefore prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} and say{H559}{(H8804)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Because they have made you desolate{H8074}{(H8800)}, and swallowed you up{H7602}{(H8800)} on every side{H5439}, that ye might be a possession{H4181} unto the residue{H7611} of the heathen{H1471}, and ye are taken up{H5927}{(H8735)} in the lips{H8193} of talkers{H3956}, and are an infamy{H1681} of the people{H5971}:
  • Ezek 36:15 : 15 Neither will I cause men to hear{H8085}{(H8686)} in thee the shame{H3639} of the heathen{H1471} any more, neither shalt thou bear{H5375}{(H8799)} the reproach{H2781} of the people{H5971} any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations{H1471} to fall{H3782}{(H8686)} any more, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Dan 9:16 : 16 O Lord{H136}, according to all thy righteousness{H6666}, I beseech thee, let thine anger{H639} and thy fury{H2534} be turned away{H7725}{(H8799)} from thy city{H5892} Jerusalem{H3389}, thy holy{H6944} mountain{H2022}: because for our sins{H2399}, and for the iniquities{H5771} of our fathers{H1}, Jerusalem{H3389} and thy people{H5971} are become a reproach{H2781} to all that are about{H5439} us.
  • Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment{H8047}, a proverb{H4912}, and a byword{H8148}, among all nations{H5971} whither the LORD{H3068} shall lead{H5090}{(H8762)} thee.
  • 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then will I cut off{H3772}{(H8689)} Israel{H3478} out{H6440} of the land{H127} which I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} them; and this house{H1004}, which I have hallowed{H6942}{(H8689)} for my name{H8034}, will I cast out{H7971}{(H8762)} of my sight{H6440}; and Israel{H3478} shall be a proverb{H4912} and a byword{H8148} among all people{H5971}:
  • Neh 2:19 : 19 But when Sanballat{H5571} the Horonite{H2772}, and Tobiah{H2900} the servant{H5650}, the Ammonite{H5984}, and Geshem{H1654} the Arabian{H6163}, heard{H8085}{(H8799)} it, they laughed us to scorn{H3932}{(H8686)}, and despised{H959}{(H8799)} us, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, What is this thing{H1697} that ye do{H6213}{(H8802)}? will ye rebel{H4775}{(H8802)} against the king{H4428}?
  • Neh 4:1-4 : 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat{H5571} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that we builded{H1129}{(H8802)} the wall{H2346}, he was wroth{H2734}{(H8799)}, and took great{H7235}{(H8687)} indignation{H3707}{(H8799)}, and mocked{H3932}{(H8686)} the Jews{H3064}. 2 And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} before{H6440} his brethren{H251} and the army{H2428} of Samaria{H8111}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, What do{H6213}{(H8802)} these feeble{H537} Jews{H3064}? will they fortify{H5800}{(H8799)} themselves? will they sacrifice{H2076}{(H8799)}? will they make an end{H3615}{(H8762)} in a day{H3117}? will they revive{H2421}{(H8762)} the stones{H68} out of the heaps{H6194} of the rubbish{H6083} which are burned{H8313}{(H8803)}? 3 Now Tobiah{H2900} the Ammonite{H5984} was by him{H681}, and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Even that which they build{H1129}{(H8802)}, if a fox{H7776} go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, he shall even break down{H6555}{(H8804)} their stone{H68} wall{H2346}. 4 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O our God{H430}; for we are despised{H939}: and turn{H7725}{(H8685)} their reproach{H2781} upon their own head{H7218}, and give{H5414}{(H8798)} them for a prey{H961} in the land{H776} of captivity{H7633}:
  • Ps 44:13-14 : 13 Thou makest{H7760}{H8799)} us a reproach{H2781} to our neighbours{H7934}, a scorn{H3933} and a derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us. 14 Thou makest{H7760}{H8799)} us a byword{H4912} among the heathen{H1471}, a shaking{H4493} of the head{H7218} among the people{H3816}.