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Psa. 79:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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We are become a reproachx to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

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Deut. 28:37• ³⁷And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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Psa. 44:13‑14• ¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
¹⁴Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. (Psa. 44:13‑14)

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Psa. 80:6• ⁶Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves. (Psa. 80:6)

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Psa. 89:41• ⁴¹All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours. (Psa. 89:41)

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Deut. 28:37• ³⁷And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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Jer. 24:9• ⁹And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, 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. 25:18• ¹⁸Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a waste, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; (Jer. 25:18)

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Jer. 42:18• ¹⁸For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach, and ye shall see this place no more. (Jer. 42:18)

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Lam. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
¹⁶All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it. (Lam. 2:15‑16)

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Lam. 5:1• ¹Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us; consider, and see our reproach. (Lam. 5:1)

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Ezek. 35:12• ¹²And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. (Ezek. 35:12)

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Ezek. 36:3,15• ³therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:
¹⁵neither will I cause thee to hear the ignominy of the nations any more, and thou shalt not bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to fall any more, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 36:3,15)

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1 Kings 9:7• ⁷then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples; (1 Kings 9:7)

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Neh. 2:19• ¹⁹And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Neh. 2:19)

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Neh. 4:1‑4• ¹And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
²And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
³And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox went up, it would break down their stone wall.--
⁴Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity! (Neh. 4:1‑4)

• Apparently the enemy has completely triumphed over God’s people, leaving them utterly helpless; in reproach and derision before the world. (“Psalms 79” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.