Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
In Context
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.
Nehemiah 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.
Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Psalms 89:41All that pass by the way plunder him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
Jeremiah 24:9And 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;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:2-6
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be… Read the whole commentary →