Psalm 79:4 {78:4}
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We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

become

Psalm 44:13,14 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them. . . .

Psalm 80:6 Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Psalm 89:41 All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

Deuteronomy 28:37 And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.

Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them up to vexation, and affliction, to all the kingdoms of the earth: to be a reproach, and a byword, and a proverb, and to be a curse in all places, to which I have cast them out.

Jeremiah 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day.

Jeremiah 42:18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my indignation be kindled against you, when you shall enter into Egypt, and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach: and you shall see this place no more.

Lamentations 2:15,16 Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth? . . .

Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach.

Ezekiel 35:12 And thou shalt know that I the Lord have heard all thy reproaches, that thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying. They are desolate, they are given to us to consume.

Ezekiel 36:3,15 Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Because you have been desolate, and trodden under foot on every side, and made an inheritance to the rest of the nations, and are become the subject of the talk, and the reproach of the people: . . .

scorn

1 Kings 9:7 I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the temple which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb, and a byword among all people.

Nehemiah 2:19 But Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, and Gossem the Arabian heard of it, and they scoffed at us, and despised us, and said: What is this thing that you do? are you going to rebel against the king?

Nehemiah 4:1-4 And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews. . . .

Context
A Prayer for Deliverance
3They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them. 4We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.5How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?…
Cross References
Psalm 22:7
All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.

Psalm 39:8
Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.

Psalm 44:13
Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

Psalm 80:6
Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

Psalm 89:41
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalm 123:4
For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.

Isaiah 43:28
And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.

Lamentations 1:7
Zain. Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction, and prevarication of all her desirable things which she had from the days of old, when her people fell in the enemy's hand, and there was no helper; the enemies have seen her, and have mocked at her sabbaths.

Daniel 9:16
O Lord, against all thy justice: let thy wrath and thy indignation be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city, Jerusalem, and from thy holy mountain. For by reason of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and thy people, are a reproach to all that are round about us.

Lexicon
We have become
הָיִ֣ינוּ (hā·yî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a reproach
חֶ֭רְפָּה (ḥer·pāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2781: Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

to our neighbors,
לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ (liš·ḵê·nê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7934: A resident, a fellow-citizen

a scorn
לַ֥עַג (la·‘aḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3933: A mocking, derision

and derision
וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס (wā·qe·les)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7047: A laughing-stock

to those around us.
לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (lis·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-l | Adverb | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around


Additional Translations
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

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

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

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

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
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