Jeremiah 48:27
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
KJV
Fuit enim in derisum tibi Israël : quasi inter fures reperisses eum : propter verba ergo tua quæ adversum illum locutus es, captivus duceris.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
וְ/אִ֣ם ל֣וֹא הַ/שְּׂחֹ֗ק הָיָ֤ה לְ/ךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם בְּ/גַנָּבִ֖ים נמצאה נִמְצָ֑א כִּֽי מִ/דֵּ֧י דְבָרֶ֥י/ךָ בּ֖/וֹ תִּתְנוֹדָֽד
Hebrew
For Israel hath been a derision unto them: as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves: for thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be led away captive.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 25:8 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
- Jer 2:26 — As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
- Lam 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Song 2:8 — The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
- Zeph 2:8 — I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
- Zeph 2:8 — I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.