Deu 28:37, 1Ki 9:7, Neh 4:1-4, Psa 44:14, Jer 24:9, Lam 2:15-16 | ESV | STEP | And you shall become a horror , a proverb , and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away .

7 ^bthen I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, ^cand the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, ^dand Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

Nehemiah 4:1-4

Opposition to the Work

1 ^{▼▼Ch 3:33 in Hebrew} Now when ^fSanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. 2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^gSamaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? ^{▼▼Or Will they commit themselves to God?} Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” 3 ⁱTobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building— ^jif a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” 4 ^kHear, O our God, for we are despised. ^lTurn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

Psalms 44:14

14 You have made us ^ma byword among the nations,
ⁿa laughingstock ^{▼▼Hebrew a shaking of the head} among the peoples.

Jeremiah 24:9

9 I will make them ^pa horror ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil} to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be ^ra reproach, ^sa byword, ^ta taunt, and ^ua curse in all the places where I shall drive them.

Lamentations 2:15-16

15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
^vthey hiss and wag their heads
at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
^wthe perfection of beauty,
^xthe joy of all the earth?”
16 ^yAll your enemies
rail against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We ^zhave swallowed her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
now we have it; ^aawe see it!”