# an insult among ... a shaking of the head

These phrases are parallel emphasizing how intensely the nations around them mock them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# You make us an insult among the nations

The word "insult" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "You make the nations around us insult us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# a shaking of the head among the peoples

The phrase "a shaking of the head" can be translated in verbal form. Alternate translation: "something at which the peoples shake their heads" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# a shaking of the head

This was a gesture that people used to show scorn to others.