Psalms 79:4
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those that are round about us.
Leeser Tanakh
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 all round about Jerusalem: and there is no one to bury them.
5How long, Lord? wilt thou be indignant for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all the nations whither the Lord will lead thee.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great misery and in disgrace; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and her gates are burnt with fire.
Nehemiah 4:1(3:33) And it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, that it displeased him, and he became very angry, and he mocked at the Jews.
Psalms 44:14(44:15) Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalms 89:41(89:42) All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors.
Jeremiah 24:9And I will make them a horror because of [their] mishaps unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and a proverb, a byword and a curse, in all the places whither I will 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 →