“But He has made me (A)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.

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14 (A)You make us a byword among the nations,
(B)A shaking of the head among the peoples.

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“And(A) now I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.

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12 (A)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (B)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.

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(A)then I will [a]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (B)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (C)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:7 destroy

27 Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?

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