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Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,
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Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Confusion and dishonor have covered my face.
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I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:15

O Lord, You know and understand;
Remember me [thoughtfully], take notice of me,
take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that for Your sake I endure [continual] rebuke and dishonor.

Psalm 44:22

But for Your sake we are killed all the day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Isaiah 50:6

I turned My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.

Psalm 22:6-8

But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;
I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

Psalm 44:15

My dishonor is before me all day long,
And humiliation has covered my face,

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief;
And like One from whom men hide their faces
He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.

Matthew 26:67-68

Then they spat in His face and struck Him with their fists; and some slapped Him,

Matthew 27:29-30

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a reed in His right hand [as a scepter]. Kneeling before Him, they ridiculed Him, saying, “Hail (rejoice), King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:38-44

At the same time two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on the right and one on the left.

Luke 23:11

And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking and ridiculing Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:35-37

Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

John 15:21-24

But they will do all these [hurtful] things to you for My name’s sake [because you bear My name and are identified with Me], for they do not know the One who sent Me.

Hebrews 12:2

[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].

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