Deuteronomy 28:37
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.”
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“You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:37 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
- Deuteronomy 29:22Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
- Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Lamentations 3:45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
- Ezekiel 5:15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Zechariah 8:13As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
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