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In the context of the Bible, the term "object" can refer to various physical items, symbols, or concepts that hold significance within the biblical narrative. Objects in the Bible often serve as instruments of divine action, symbols of spiritual truths, or representations of God's covenant with His people.

Objects as Instruments of Divine Action

Throughout the Scriptures, God uses physical objects to accomplish His purposes and demonstrate His power. For example, in the book of Exodus, God instructs Moses to use his staff to perform miracles, such as parting the Red Sea (Exodus 14:16). The staff becomes an object through which God's power is manifested, serving as a tangible sign of His presence and authority.

Similarly, in the New Testament, Jesus uses objects in His miracles. In John 9:6, Jesus makes mud with His saliva and applies it to the eyes of a blind man, resulting in the man's healing. This act demonstrates the use of a simple object as a means of divine intervention and healing.

Objects as Symbols of Spiritual Truths

Objects in the Bible often carry symbolic meanings that convey deeper spiritual truths. The Ark of the Covenant, for instance, is a sacred object that represents God's covenant with Israel and His presence among His people. It is described in detail in Exodus 25:10-22 and serves as a physical reminder of God's promises and His holiness.

Another example is the use of bread and wine in the Lord's Supper, as instituted by Jesus during the Last Supper (Matthew 26:26-28). These objects symbolize the body and blood of Christ, serving as a memorial of His sacrifice and a means of spiritual communion with Him.

Objects as Representations of God's Covenant

Certain objects in the Bible are directly associated with God's covenantal relationships. The rainbow, for instance, is given as a sign of God's covenant with Noah and all living creatures, promising that He will never again destroy the earth with a flood (Genesis 9:12-17). The rainbow serves as a perpetual reminder of God's faithfulness and mercy.

Circumcision is another object-related practice that signifies God's covenant with Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 17:10-11). It is a physical mark that sets apart the people of Israel as belonging to God and is a sign of their commitment to His covenant.

Objects in Worship and Idolatry

While objects can be used for holy purposes, the Bible also warns against the misuse of objects in idolatry. The second commandment explicitly prohibits the making of carved images for worship (Exodus 20:4-5). Throughout Israel's history, the temptation to worship objects, such as the golden calf (Exodus 32:4), leads to spiritual downfall and divine judgment.

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul addresses the issue of idolatry, urging believers to flee from it and to worship God alone (1 Corinthians 10:14). Objects, when misused, can become idols that distract from true worship and devotion to God.

Conclusion

Objects in the Bible serve various roles, from instruments of divine action to symbols of spiritual truths and representations of God's covenant. They can enhance understanding of God's work and character, but they also carry the potential for misuse in idolatry. The biblical narrative consistently points to the importance of focusing on God Himself rather than the objects that may represent or serve His purposes.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

2. (v. t.) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.

3. (v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed by to.

4. (v. t.) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.

5. (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.

6. (v. t.) That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause.

7. (v. t.) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.

8. (n.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the object of a transitive verb.

9. (a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

OBJECT

ob-jekt': Now used only in the sense "to make opposition," but formerly in a variety of meanings derived from the literal sense "to throw against." So with the meaning "to charge with" in The Wisdom of Solomon 2:12, the King James Version "He objecteth to our infamy the transgressing of our education" (the Revised Version (British and American) "layeth to our charge sins against our discipline"), or "to make charges against" in Acts 24:19, the King James Version "who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me" (the Revised Version (British and American) "and to make accusation").

Greek

4574. sebasma -- an object of worship
... an object of worship. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sebasma Phonetic
Spelling: (seb'-as-mah) Short Definition: an object of worship Definition ...
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3199. melo -- to be an object of care
... to be an object of care. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: melo Phonetic Spelling:
(mel'-o) Short Definition: it is a care, it concerns Definition: it is a ...
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578. apoblepo -- to look away from all else at an object
... to look away from all else at an object. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apoblepo
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ob-lep'-o) Short Definition: I look away from ...
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2072. esoptron -- a mirror (ie an object for looking into)
... a mirror (ie an object for looking into). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:
esoptron Phonetic Spelling: (es'-op-tron) Short Definition: a mirror ...
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725. harpagmos -- the act of seizing or the thing seized
... or the thing seized. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: harpagmos
Phonetic Spelling: (har-pag-mos') Short Definition: spoil, an object of eager ...
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2723. kategoreo -- to make accusation
... accuse, object. From kategoros; to be a plaintiff, ie To charge with some offence --
accuse, object. see GREEK kategoros. (kategorein) -- 6 Occurrences. ...
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644. aposkiasma -- a shadow
... aposkiasma Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-kee'-as-mah) Short Definition: a shadow, a
faint image or copy Definition: either a shadow cast by an object, or a faint ...
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4973. sphragis -- a seal, a signet
... seal attests, the proof. Cognate: 4973 -- an etched (engraved) object pressed
into soft wax or clay to (); a ".". "Seal" is often ...
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1624. ektrepo -- to turn away
... mid. and pass: I turn aside (from the right road), wander, forsake, and
with an object: I remove from myself, shun, avoid. Word ...
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603. apokaradokia -- strained expectancy
... "This abstraction -- that might engage the attention -- is also absorpted in the
expected object "till the fulfillment is realized" (H. Alford).]. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2113. zevaah -- a trembling, an object of trembling or terror
... 2112, 2113. zevaah. 2114 . a trembling, an object of trembling or terror.
Transliteration: zevaah Phonetic Spelling: (zev-aw-aw') Short Definition: terror. ...
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8322. shereqah -- (object of derisive) hissing
... 8321b, 8322. shereqah. 8323 . (object of derisive) hissing. Transliteration:
shereqah Phonetic Spelling: (sher-ay-kaw') Short Definition: hissing. ...
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4890. mischaq -- object of derision
... 4889, 4890. mischaq. 4891 . object of derision. Transliteration: mischaq
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-khawk') Short Definition: laughing. ...
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4263a. machmal -- a thing pitied, an object of compassion
... 4263, 4263a. machmal. 4263b . a thing pitied, an object of compassion.
Transliteration: machmal Short Definition: delight. Word ...
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4263. machmal -- a thing pitied, an object of compassion
... machmal. 4263a . a thing pitied, an object of compassion. Transliteration: machmal
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-mawl') Short Definition: pitieth. pitieth ...
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6343. pachad -- dread
... from pachad Definition dread NASB Word Usage awe (1), disaster (1), dread (20),
fear (9), great (1), great fear (1), great fear where fear (1), object of dread ...
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6763. tsela -- rib, side
... a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, ie Leaf);
hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky ...
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939. buzah -- contempt
... despised. Feminine passive participle of buwz; something scorned; an object of contempt
-- despised. see HEBREW buwz. 938, 939. buzah. 940 . Strong's Numbers
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4906. maskith -- a showpiece, figure, imagination
... From the same as Sekuw; a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object);
figuratively, imagination -- conceit, image(-ry), picture, X wish. ...
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853. eth -- untranslatable mark of the accusative case.
... Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self
(but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or ...
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Library

For whom and with what Object Written.
... Part III. THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA FOR WHOM AND WITH WHAT OBJECT WRITTEN.
FOR WHOM. That this ... WITH WHAT OBJECT WRITTEN. The holding ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/for whom and with what 2.htm

For whom and with what Object Written.
... Part II. THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN FOR WHOM AND WITH WHAT OBJECT
WRITTEN. FOR WHOM. Undoubtedly for ... was written. OBJECT. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/for whom and with what.htm

Whether God is the Object of this Science?
... Whether God is the object of this science? Objection 1: It seems that God
is not the object of this science. For in every science ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether god is the object.htm

Whether the Object of Faith is the First Truth?
... TREATISE ON THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES (QQ -46)OF FAITH (TEN ARTICLES) Whether
the object of faith is the First Truth? Objection 1: It ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the object of faith.htm

Whether the Object of Anger is Good or Evil?
... OF ANGER, IN ITSELF (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the object of anger is good or evil?
Objection 1: It would seem that the object of anger is evil. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the object of anger.htm

For whom and with what Object Written.
... Part IV. THE HISTORY OF BEL AND THE DRAGON FOR WHOM AND WITH WHAT OBJECT
WRITTEN. This story was evidently composed for Jewish use ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/for whom and with what 3.htm

Whether the Object of Faith is the First Truth
... Article One Whether the Object of Faith is the First Truth. Whether the Object of
Faith is the First Truth We proceed to the first article thus: ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article one whether the object.htm

Whether Right is the Object of Justice?
... OF RIGHT (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether right is the object of justice? Objection
1: It would seem that right is not the object of justice. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether right is the object.htm

Whether the Evil of Sin is an Object of Fear?
... OF THE OBJECT OF FEAR (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the evil of sin is an object of fear?
Objection 1: It would seem that the evil of sin can be an object of fear. ...
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The Object of Theology
... ORATION I The Object Of Theology. THE OBJECT OF THEOLOGY To Almighty God
alone belong the inherent and absolute right, will, and ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration i the object of.htm

Thesaurus

Object (76 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of
the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the ...
/o/object.htm - 31k

Idea (64 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by
the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or ...
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Aim (17 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile,
towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox ...
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Praise (487 Occurrences)
... service of praise. 6. (n.) The object, ground, or reason of praise. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PRAISE. praz (tehillah, "psalm ...
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Ezranehemiah
... EZRA-NEHEMIAH. Contents 1. Name. 2. Object 3. Plan 4. Unity 5. Sources 6. Literary
Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text LITERATURE ...
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Ezra-nehemiah
... EZRA-NEHEMIAH. Contents 1. Name. 2. Object 3. Plan 4. Unity 5. Sources 6. Literary
Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text LITERATURE ...
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Intent (37 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager
in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on ...
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Thing (4185 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether
animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought. ...
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Byword (14 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence
object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Psalm 44:14), a proverb or parable. ...
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Bearing (150 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being
supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to ...
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Resources

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Object (76 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:12
In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
(WEY)

Luke 12:31
But make His Kingdom the object of your pursuit, and these things shall be given you in addition.
(WEY)

Luke 17:33
Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
(WEY)

John 9:8
His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"
(WEY)

John 15:18
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
(WEY)

Acts 10:11
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
(See NAS)

Acts 10:16
This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.
(See NAS)

Acts 10:47
"Can any one forbid the use of water, and object to these persons being baptized--men who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"
(WEY)

Acts 11:5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
(See NAS)

Acts 24:19
Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 27:39
When daylight came, they tried in vain to recognise the coast. But an inlet with a sandy beach attracted their attention, and now their object was, if possible, to run the ship aground in this inlet.
(WEY)

Romans 8:24
It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 9:15
But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 10:29
But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 2:9
For in writing to you I have also this object in view--to discover by experience whether you are prepared to be obedient in every respect.
(WEY)

Galatians 6:12
All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:2
united by mutual love, with harmony of feeling giving your minds to one and the same object.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:6
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
(DBY)

2 Thessalonians 2:4
and exalts himself above, every so-called 'god' or object of worship, and goes the length of taking his seat in the very temple of God, giving it out that he himself is God.
(WEY DBY NAS RSV)

Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
(WEY)

James 4:3
or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
(WEY)

Leviticus 15:4
Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean; and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean.
(DBY)

Leviticus 15:6
And he that sitteth on any object whereon he sat that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
(DBY)

Leviticus 15:22
And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.
(DBY)

Leviticus 15:26
Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be unto her as the bed of her separation; and every object on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.
(DBY)

Numbers 35:16
"'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 35:18
Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 35:23
or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 28:37
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 9:7
then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 7:20
then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:8
Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:7
Don't be like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
(See NIV)

Job 6:21
So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
(DBY)

Job 7:20
Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
(DBY)

Psalms 31:11
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 80:6
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
(See NAS)

Psalms 88:8
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
(See NAS)

Psalms 109:25
I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
(See RSV NIV)

Proverbs 14:35
The favour of a king 'is' to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
(YLT)

Proverbs 18:1
For 'an object of' desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 6:10
To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 15:4
I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 18:16
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 19:8
I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they don't know?
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 24:9
I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 25:18
to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 26:6
then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
(WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 42:18
For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 44:8
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 44:12
I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 44:22
so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore your land has become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 48:26
Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 48:39
How is it broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 49:17
Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 50:3
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 51:37
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 51:43
Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 5:14
Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 5:15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;)
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 16:57
before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are around her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you all around.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 22:4
You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
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Ezekiel 23:46
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.
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Ezekiel 24:21
Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 36:3
therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
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Daniel 9:16
Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
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Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples,'Where is their God?'"
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Joel 2:19
Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
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Nahum 2:9
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
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Malachi 2:5
"My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him who he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
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