All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
Parallel translations
- WEB All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- KJV All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
- NKJV All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbors.
- NASB All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a disgrace to his neighbors.
- NLT Everyone who comes along has robbed him, and he has become a joke to his neighbors.
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Quick answer
Passersby plunder the king, and he has become an object of scorn to his neighbors.
Overview
Stripped of defenses, the king is robbed and shamed before surrounding nations. The reproach heightens the apparent contradiction of God's promises. This humiliation foreshadows the scorn endured by Christ, despised and rejected for our sake (Isa. 53:3; Ps. 22:6-7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Isa 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Jer 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.
- Ps 44:10–14You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
- Lam 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
- Jer 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Ezek 5:14–15I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Ps 80:13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
- Jer 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
- Neh 5:9So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
- Dan 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
- Jer 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
- Jer 29:18I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
- Deut 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Ps 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- Jer 44:12And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
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