13 You have made us a reproach(A) to our neighbors,(B)
    the scorn(C) and derision(D) of those around us.

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

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You have fed them with the bread of tears;(A)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(B)

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You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(A) to the desolate ruins(B) and the deserted(C) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(D) by the rest of the nations around you(E)

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