Psalms 79:4
We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
Young's Literal Translation
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 As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
5Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:37and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
Nehemiah 1:3and they say to me, 'Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'
Nehemiah 4:1And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews,
Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Psalms 89:41Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
Jeremiah 24:9And I have given them for a trembling, For evil — to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I 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 →