Psalms 79:4
We have become the reproach of our neighbors,—The scorn and derision of those around us.
Noyes Bible
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 around Jerusalem, And there was none to bury them!
5How long, O LORD! wilt thou be angry for ever? How long shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Cross References
Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
Psalms 89:41All who pass by plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
Jeremiah 24:9and I will give them up to oppression and affliction in all the kingdoms of the earth; yea, 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 →