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14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
    a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.(A)

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  1. 44.14 Heb a shaking of the head

14 You have made us a byword(A) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(B) at us.

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I will make them a horror, an evil thing, to all the kingdoms of the earth—a disgrace, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.(A)

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I will make them abhorrent(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(B) a curse[a](C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(D) them.

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  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.