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You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
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A Proverb of Disaster
Commentators explain that being a 'byword' meant Israel became a proverbial example of divine abandonment and calamity. The 'shaking of the head' was a public gesture of profound scorn and derision, an idea also found in descriptions of the Messiah's suffering (Psalms 22:7). This was a deep, national humiliation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You make us a byword among the heathen — The word translated “byword” (משׁל, mâshâl) properly means a likeness or p…
19th Century
Anglican
These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucids, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You make us a byword among the Heathen Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, ([Reference Deuteronomy 28…
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The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.
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