Deuteronomy 28:37

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³⁷You will become a thing of horror,^(A) a byword^(B) and an object of ridicule^(C) among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.^(D)

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Deuteronomy 28:37 in all English translations

1 Kings 9:7

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⁷then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples.

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Psalm 79:4

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⁴We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn^(A) and derision to those around us.^(B)

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Jeremiah 24:9

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⁹I will make them abhorrent^(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,^(B) a curse^[a]^(C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish^(D) them.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

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Lamentations 2:15

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¹⁵All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)