Psalm 89:41-45 Part 1 of 2

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

    and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

You have strengthened his enemies

    and made them all rejoice.

You have made his sword useless

    and refused to help him in battle.

You have ended his splendor

    and overturned his throne.

You have made him old before his time

    and publicly disgraced him.

 

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

Judges 2:14  This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them. (see verses 10-15)

Psalm 44:10  

You make us retreat from our enemies

    and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.  (see verses 9-16)

Ezekiel 34:8  "As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve."  (see all chapter 34)

 

and he has become a joke to his neighbors. 

Psalm 79:4  

We are mocked by our neighbors, 

    an object of scorn and derision to those around us.  (see all Psalm 79)

Psalm 80:6  

You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations.

    Our enemies treat us as a joke.  (see all Psalm 80)

Deuteronomy 38:27  "You will become an object of horror, ridicule and mockery among all the nations to which the LORD sends you."  (see verses 15-68)

2 Chronicles 29:8  "That is why the LORD's anger has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes."  (see verses 3-17)

Isaiah 30:3  

"But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated,

    and by depending on him, you will be disgraced."  (see verses 1-7)

Jeremiah 44:8  "Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth."  (see all chapter 44)

Ezekiel 23:32  "Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:

You will drink from your sister's cup of terror,

    a cup that is large and deep.

It is filled to the brim

    with scorn and derision."  (see verses 22-35)

(parentheses are mine)

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