We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for {their} hurt, {to be} a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. {to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation}

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. {skippedst...: or, movedst thyself}

And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, {saying}, This {is} Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

And it shall come to pass, {that} as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, {but} let your hands be strong.

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made {you} desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and {are} an infamy of the people: {Because: Heb. Because for because} {are...: or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue}

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. {For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc} {desolation: or, astonishment}

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we {are} in, how Jerusalem {lieth} waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard {it}, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What {is} this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for {their} hurt, {to be} a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. {to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation}

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who {is} this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come {even} unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. {skippedst...: or, movedst thyself}

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.

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; {how} I do bear in my bosom {the reproach of} all the mighty people;

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.