69:11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me. 1
44:14 You made us 2 an object of ridicule 3 among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt. 4
1 tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”
2 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
3 tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
4 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).