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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 nations whither Jehovah shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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Psa. 44:13‑14• ¹³Thou settest us [as] a reproach to our neighbours,{HR}A scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
¹⁴Thou settest us a by-word among the Gentiles,{HR}A shaking of the head among the nations. (Psa. 44:13‑14)

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Psa. 80:6• ⁶Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbours,{HR}And our enemies mock among ourselves. (Psa. 80:6)

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Psa. 89:41• ⁴¹All that pass by the way plunder him;{HR}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 nations whither Jehovah shall lead thee. (Deut. 28:37)

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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. 25:18• ¹⁸To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an 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 hath 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;{HR}They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying,{HR}Is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
¹⁶All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee:{HR}They hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up:{HR}Certainly this is 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 hath happened to us; behold, and look on our reproach. (Lam. 5:1)

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

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Ezek. 36:3,15• ³{i}therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:{/i} Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might become a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up on the lips of talkers, and a reproach of the people,
¹⁵Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen anymore, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people anymore, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall anymore, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 36:3,15)

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1 Kings 9:7• ⁷{i}then 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;{/i} (1 Kings 9:7)

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Neh. 2:19• ¹⁹But when Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, {i}and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?{/i} (Neh. 2:19)

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Neh. 4:1‑4• ¹But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
²And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
³{i}And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said,{/i} Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
⁴Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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We are become a reproach to our neighbours,{HR}A mockery and derision to those round about us.