Psalms 79:4
Wee are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue they shead like waters rounde about Ierusalem, and there was none to burie them.
5Lord, howe long wilt thou be angrie, for euer? shall thy gelousie burne like fire?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe and a common talke among all people, whither the Lord shall carie thee.
Nehemiah 1:3And they sayde vnto me, The residue that are left of the captiuitie there in the prouince, are in great affliction and in reproche, and the wall of Ierusalem is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire.
Nehemiah 4:1But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,
Psalms 44:14Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
Psalms 89:41All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.
Jeremiah 24:9I will euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproche, and for a prouerbe, for a common talke, and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast 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 →