Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
American Standard Version
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 away.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah 4:1But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, 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 rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among 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 →