Jeremiah 24:9

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Ver. 9. And I will deliver them.] As men throw out naughty figs, rotten apples, or the like. All the figs were carried out, but in diverse baskets, and for diverse purposes.

To be a taunt and a curse.] As when they were called in scorn by the heathen Verpi, Apellae, Recutiti, &c., and were noted, as they are still, for a nasty people.