Jeremiah Chapter 48 verse 27 Holy Bible
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
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For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among thieves, that as oft as thou didst speak of him, thou didst shake the head?
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
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For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you wag the head.
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And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - Was he found among thieves? for, etc.; rather,... that, as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest thy head. What giveth thee the right to show such scorn and insolent triumph towards Israel, as if he were one who had been arrested in the very act of robbery (comp. Jeremiah 2:26)?
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) Was not Israel a derision unto thee?--The "derision" had been shown at an earlier stage in the history of Judah (Zephaniah 2:8; comp. Ezekiel 25:6), but was, we may well believe, reproduced when the Moabites heard of the disasters that fell on Israel in the days of Josiah and his successors. The question that follows "Was he found among thieves?" implies an answer in the negative. Israel had not been among the lawless, aggressive nations, the robbers of the earth. Compare 2Samuel 3:33, where the question, "Died Abner as a fool dieth?" implies that he had not deserved his death as guilty of any crime. By some critics, however, the Hebrew interrogative is taken as meaning "when," and so involving the admission that Israel had been guilty of unjust invasion, and been led to that guilt by her alliance with the robber nations of the heathen.Thou skippedst for joy.--The gesture described. like the wagging of the head of Jeremiah 18:16, or the shrugging of the shoulders, is one of triumphant malice. The symbolism of Oriental gesture is, it may be noted, specially rich in expressions of this form of evil. (Comp. Isaiah 57:4; Psalm 22:7.) . . .
