Psalm 89:41
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41 All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(A)
Psalm 79:4
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4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
mocked and derided by those around us.(A)
Daniel 9:16
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16 O Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, let your anger and wrath, we pray, turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become a disgrace among all our neighbors.(A)
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Ezekiel 5:14-15
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14 Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an object of mocking among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(A) 15 You shall be[a] a mockery and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury and with furious punishments—I, the Lord, have spoken(B)—
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- 5.15 Q ms Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT It shall be
Lamentations 5:1
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A Plea for Mercy
5 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see our disgrace!(A)
Jeremiah 50:17
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17 Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed its bones.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:12
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12 I will take the remnant of Judah who are determined to come to the land of Egypt to settle, and they shall perish, everyone; in the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall perish; from the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine; and they shall become an object of execration and horror, of cursing and ridicule.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:8
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8 Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to settle? Will you be cut off and become an object of cursing and ridicule among all the nations of the earth?(A)
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Jeremiah 42:18
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18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an object of execration and horror, of cursing and ridicule. You shall see this place no more.(A)
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Jeremiah 29:18
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18 I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of cursing and horror and hissing and a derision among all the nations where I have driven them,(A)
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Jeremiah 24:9
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9 I will make them a horror, an evil thing, to all the kingdoms of the earth—a disgrace, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.(A)
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Isaiah 10:6
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6 Against a godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take spoil and seize plunder,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.(A)
Psalm 80:13
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13 The boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.(A)
Psalm 74:10
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10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
Is the enemy to revile your name forever?(A)
Psalm 44:10-14
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10 You made us turn back from the foe,
and our enemies have gotten spoil.(A)
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.(B)
12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.(C)
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.(D)
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.(E)
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- 44.14 Heb a shaking of the head
Nehemiah 5:9
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9 So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?(A)
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Deuteronomy 28:37
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37 You shall become an object of horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you.(A)
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