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Deuteronomy 28

Deut. 28:37 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou shalt become an astonishment
shammah (Hebrew #8047)
ruin; by implication, consternation
KJV usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
Pronounce: sham-maw'
Origin: from 8074
, a proverb
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
, andt a byword
shniynah (Hebrew #8148)
something pointed, i.e. a gibe
KJV usage: byword, taunt.
Pronounce: shen-ee-naw'
Origin: from 8150
, among all nations
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
whither the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
shall lead
nahag (Hebrew #5090)
to drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e. lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e. impel or guide oneself); also (from the panting induced by effort), to sigh
KJV usage: acquaint, bring (away), carry away, drive (away), lead (away, forth), (be) guide, lead (away, forth).
Pronounce: naw-hag'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 44:14• 14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. (Psa. 44:14)

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Deut. 28:28• 28The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: (Deut. 28:28)
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Deut. 29:22‑28• 22So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;
 23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
 24Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
 25Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
 26For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
 27And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
 28And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. (Deut. 29:22‑28)
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1 Kings 9:7‑8• 7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
 8And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? (1 Kings 9:7‑8)
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2 Chron. 7:20• 20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. (2 Chron. 7:20)
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Psa. 44:13‑14• 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
 14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. (Psa. 44:13‑14)
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Jer. 24:9• 9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. (Jer. 24:9)
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Jer. 25:9• 9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. (Jer. 25:9)
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Joel 2:17• 17Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? (Joel 2:17)
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Joel 2•  (Joel 2)
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Zech. 8:13• 13And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. (Zech. 8:13)
a proverb.The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation and contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed, and is so to this day, whether among Christians, Mohmammedans, or Pagans.
• It is not a question therefore of dealing according to God’s nature, but a matter of His dispensational ways with a nation in this world, and nothing more. (“Deuteronomy 27 & 28” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.