"Beholdª° their sitting down,ª° and their rising up;ª I¹ [am] their musick.ª" {Lam 3:63} + "And he spakeª° beforeª his brethrenª and the armyª of Samaria,ª and said,ª° What¹ doª° these feebleª Jews?ª will they fortifyª° themselves? will they sacrifice?ª° will they make an endª° in a day?ª will they reviveª°¹ the stonesª out of the heapsª¹ of the rubbishª which¹ are burned?ª° ... Hear,ª° O our God;ª for¹ we are¹ despised:ª and turnª° their reproachª upon¹ their own head,ª and giveª° them for a preyª in the landª of captivity:ª" {Neh 4:2-4} + "But now¹ [they that are] youngerªª than¹ I have me in derision,ª°¹ whose¹ fathersª I would have disdainedª° to have setª° with¹ the dogsª of my flock.ª ... And now¹ am¹ I their song,ª yea, I am¹ their byword.ª" {Job 30:1-9} + "But I¹ [am] a worm,ª and no¹ man;ª a reproachª of men,ª and despisedª° of the people.ª ... All¹ they that seeª° me laugh¹ me to scorn:²° they shoot out²°¹ the lip,ª they shakeª° the head,ª [saying]," {Psa 22:6-7} + "But in mine adversityª they rejoiced,ª° and gathered themselves together:ª° [yea], the abjectsª gathered themselves togetherª° against¹ me, and I knewª° [it] not;¹ they did tearª° [me], and ceasedª° not:¹ ... With hypocriticalª mockersª in feasts,ª they gnashedª° upon¹ me with their teeth.ª" {Psa 35:15-16} + "Thou makestª° us a reproachª to our neighbours,ª a scornª and a derisionª to them that are round aboutª us." {Psa 44:13} + "I madeª° sackclothª also my garment;ª and I became¹ a proverbª to them. ... They that sit¹ in²° the gateª speakª° against me; and I [was] the songª of the drunkards.ªª°" {Psa 69:11-12} + "We are become¹ a reproachª to our neighbours,ª a scornª and derisionª to them that are round aboutª us." {Psa 79:4} + "Have mercy²° upon¹ us, O LORD,ª have mercy²° upon¹ us: for¹ we are exceedinglyª filledª° with contempt.ª ... Our soulª is exceedinglyª filledª° with the scorningª of those that are at ease,ª [and] with the contemptª of the proud.ª²°°²°" {Psa 123:3-4} + "For¹ there¹ they that carried us away captiveª° requiredª° of us a song;ªª and they that wastedª us [required of us] mirth,ª [saying], Singª° us [one] of the songsª¹ of Zion.ª" {Psa 137:3} + "O LORD,ª thou hast deceivedª° me, and I was deceived:ª° thou art strongerª° than I, and hast prevailed:ª° I am¹ in derisionª daily,ª¹ every one¹ mockethª° me." {Jer 20:7} + "For¹ was¹ not¹ Israelª a derisionª unto thee? was he foundª° among thieves?ª for¹ sinceª¹ thou spakestª of him, thou skippedst²° for joy.¹" {Jer 48:27} + "Andª they that passed byª° reviledª° him,ª waggingª° their²¹ heads,ª ...ª The¹ thievesª also,²¹ which² were crucified²° with¹ him,ª cast²° the same² in his² teeth.ª°¹" {Mtt 27:39-44} + "Forª I thinkª° thatª Godª hath set forthª° usª the¹ apostlesª last,ª as² it were¹ appointed to death:ª forª we are madeª° a spectacleª unto the¹ world,ª andª to angels,ª andª to men.ª ... Being defamed,ª° we intreat:ª° we are madeª° asª the filthª of the¹ world,ª [and are] the offscouringª of all thingsª untoª this day.ª" {1Co 4:9-13} |
