Neh 4:2-4, Job 30:1-9, Psa 22:6-7, 35:15-16, 44:13, 69:11-12, Lam 3:63 | ESV | STEP | And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria , What are these feeble Jews doing ? Will they restore it for themselves? 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?

2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of ^aSamaria, “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 ^cTobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building— ^dif a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” 4 ^eHear, O our God, for we are despised. ^fTurn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

Job 30:1-9

1 “But now they ^glaugh at me,
men who are ^hyounger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
ⁱmen whose ^jvigor is gone?
3 Through want and hard hunger
they ^kgnaw ^lthe dry ground by night in ^mwaste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food. ^{▼▼Or warmth}
5 ^oThey are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of ^pthe rocks.
7 Among the bushes they ^qbray;
under ^rthe nettles they huddle together.
8 A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
9 “And now I have become their ^ssong;
I am ^ta byword to them.

Psalms 22:6-7

6 But I am ^ua worm and not a man,
^vscorned by mankind and ^wdespised by the people.
7 All who see me ^xmock me;
they make mouths at me; they ^ywag their heads;

Psalms 35:15-16

15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
^zwretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
they ^abgnash at me with their teeth.

Psalms 44:13

13 You have made us ^acthe taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and ^adscorn of those around us.

Psalms 69:11-12

11 When I made ^aesackcloth my clothing,
I became ^afa byword to them.
12 I am the talk of those who ^agsit in the gate,
and the drunkards make ^ahsongs about me.

Lamentations 3:63

63 ^aiBehold their sitting and their rising;
^ajI am the object of their taunts.