Neh 4:2-4, Psa 44:13-16, 89:50-51, Isa 53:3, Luk 16:14, 23:35 | 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.

Psalms 44:13-16

13 You have made us ^gthe taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and ^hscorn of those around us.
14 You have made us ⁱa byword among the nations,
^ja laughingstock ^{▼▼Hebrew a shaking of the head} among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and ^lshame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of ^mthe enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 89:50-51

50 ⁿRemember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my ^oheart the insults ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks the insults} of all the many nations,
51 with which your enemies mock, O Lord,
with which they mock ^qthe footsteps of your ^ranointed.

Isaiah 53:3

3 ^sHe was despised and rejected ^{▼▼Or forsaken} by men,
a man of sorrows, ^{▼▼Or pains; also verse 4} and acquainted with ^{▼▼Or and knowing} grief; ^{▼▼Or sickness; also verse 4}
and as one from whom men hide their faces ^{▼▼Or as one who hides his face from us}
he was despised, and ^ywe esteemed him not.

Luke 16:14

The Law and the Kingdom of God

14 ^zThe Pharisees, who were ^aalovers of money, heard all these things, and they ^abridiculed him.

Luke 23:35

35 And ^acthe people stood by, watching, ^adbut ^aethe rulers ^afscoffed at him, saying, ^ag“He saved others; ^ahlet him save himself, ^aiif he is ^ajthe Christ of God, ^akhis Chosen One!”