Israel a By-word
4 links · from Deuteronomy 28:37
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Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
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1 Kings 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908), by Frank Charles Thompson.