Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. A communal lament of the Korahites recalling how God drove out nations before Israel in the past but now has rejected and humbled his people before enemies despite their faithfulness to the covenant. The psalm ends with passionate appeal to …
Other Translations
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
Cross References
This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, …
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be …
The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the …
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, …
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words …
I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I …