"He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
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Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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:
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.
And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.