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I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

I made {H5414}{H8799)} sackcloth {H8242} also my garment {H3830}; and I became a proverb {H4912} to them.

I clothe myself with sackcloth and become an object of scorn, 856

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 9:7 (4 votes)

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  • Jeremiah 24:9 (4 votes)

    And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  • Job 17:6 (3 votes)

    He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

  • Psalms 44:13 (2 votes)

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • Psalms 44:14 (2 votes)

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

  • Isaiah 22:12 (2 votes)

    And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: