Psalm 79:4

New Century Version

We are a joke to the other nations; they laugh and make fun of us.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:7

If you do, I will force Israel to leave the land I have given them, and I will leave this Temple that I have made holy. All the nations will make fun of Israel and speak evil about them.

Nehemiah 1:3

They answered me, “Those who are left from the captivity are back in Judah, but they are in much trouble and are full of shame. The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite officer, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they made fun of us and laughed at us. They said, “What are you doing? Are you turning against the king?”

Psalm 80:6

You made those around us fight over us, and our enemies make fun of us.

Psalm 89:41

Everyone who passes by steals from him. His neighbors insult him.

Isaiah 43:28

So I will make your holy rulers unholy. I will bring destruction on the people of Jacob, and I will let Israel be insulted.”

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make those people hated as an evil people by all the kingdoms of the earth. People will make fun of them and tell jokes about them and point fingers at them and curse them everywhere I scatter them.

Jeremiah 25:18

I served this wine to the people of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and the kings and officers of Judah, so they would become a ruin. Then people would be shocked and would insult them and speak evil of them. And so it has been to this day.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I showed my anger against the people of Jerusalem. In the same way I will show my anger against you when you go to Egypt. Other nations will speak evil of you. People will be shocked by what will happen to you. You will become a curse word, and people will insult you. And you will never see Judah again.’

Jeremiah 51:51

“We people of Judah are disgraced, because we have been insulted. We have been shamed, because strangers have gone into the holy places of the Lord’s Temple!”

Lamentations 1:11

All of Jerusalem’s people groan, looking for bread. They are trading their precious things for food so they can stay alive. The city says, “Look, Lord, and see. I am hated.”

Lamentations 5:1

Remember, Lord, what happened to us. Look and see our disgrace.

Ezekiel 22:5

Those near and those far away laugh at you with your bad name, you city full of confusion.

Ezekiel 35:12

Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all your insults against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been ruined. They have been given to us to eat.”

Ezekiel 36:15

I will not make you listen to insults from the nations anymore; you will not suffer shame from them anymore. You will not cause your nation to fall anymore, says the Lord God.’ ”

Ezekiel 36:3

So prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord God says: They have made you an empty ruin and have crushed you from all around. So you became a possession of the other nations. People have talked and whispered against you.

Daniel 9:16

Lord, you do what is right, but please do not be angry with Jerusalem, your city on your holy hill. Because of our sins and the evil things done by our ancestors, people all around insult and make fun of Jerusalem and your people.

Zephaniah 3:18

“I will take away the sadness planned for you, which would have made you very ashamed.

Zechariah 8:13

Judah and Israel, your names have been used as curses in other nations. But I will save you, and you will become a blessing. So don’t be afraid; work hard.”

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become a hated thing to the nations where the Lord sends you; they will laugh at you and make fun of you.