Verse 14

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 24:9 : 9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: "The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
  • Job 17:6 : 6 "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
  • Ps 109:25 : 25 I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
  • 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
  • Deut 28:37 : 37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
  • 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
  • Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying], Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; 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. 17 Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.