23 Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

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I am a laughingstock to my[a] friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.[b]
The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:4 Lit his
  2. 12:4 Lit him

14 You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock[a] among the peoples.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 44:14 Lit shaking of the head

26 “Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord.(A) Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 27 Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?(B) Was he ever found among thieves?(C) For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”(D)

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39 “How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”(A)

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ס Samek

15 All who pass by
scornfully clap their hands(A) at you.
They hiss(B) and shake their heads(C)
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,(D)
the joy of the whole earth?(E)

פ Pe

16 All your enemies
open their mouths against you.(F)
They hiss and gnash their teeth,(G)
saying, “We have swallowed her up.(H)
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

ע Ayin

17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has accomplished his decree,
which he ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,(I)
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

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14 I am a laughingstock(A) to all my people,[a]
mocked by their songs(B) all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss, Syr read all peoples

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