Psalms 79:4
We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
3They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.
5How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will 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 the LORD 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 4:1(3-33) But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Psalms 44:14(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Psalms 89:41(89-42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.
Jeremiah 24:9I will even make them a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; 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 →