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Was she caught among thieves, that you shake your head in scorn whenever you speak of her?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him, You shake <i>your head in</i> <i>scorn</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now was Israel not a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak about him you shake <i>your head in scorn.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake <i>your head in scorn.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake <i>your head in scorn</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake <i>your head in scorn</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wasn&#8217t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You made fun of my people and treated them like criminals caught in the act. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People of Moab, didn't you laugh at the people of Israel? Were they caught among thieves? Whenever you talk about them you shake your heads in contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Wasn't Israel an object of mocking for you? Wasn't he treated like a thief, so that whenever you spoke about him you shook your head in contempt? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For wasn't Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For was not Israel a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou hast spoken of him, thou hast leaped for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For wasn’t Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And was Israel not the derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For since your words concerning him, "" You bemoan yourself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if Israel was not a derision to thee? if he was found among thieves? for after thy speaking of him thou wilt move to and fro.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For Israel hath been a derision unto thee: as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves: for thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be led away captive. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For Israel had been a derision to them. It was as if you had discovered him among thieves. Because of your own words, then, which you have spoken against him, you will be led away captive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Has Israel not been a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves that you wag your heads whenever you speak of him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Israel was a laughingstock for you, though he was not caught among thieves; but whenever you spoke of him you shook your head!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Was not Israel a derision to you? He was found among thieves when you fought against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if Israel was not for ridicule to you, also he found among thieves when you were making war with him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For surely Israel was to thee a laughing-stock, and was found among thy thefts, because thou didst fight against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=14461" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/48.htm">The Judgment on Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">Was</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō·w (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">your</a> <a href="/hebrew/7814.htm" title="7814: haś·śə·ḥōq (Art:: N-ms) -- Laughter, derision, sport. Or schoq; from sachaq; laughter.">object of ridicule?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: nim·ṣå̄·ʾå̄h (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">Was he ever found among thieves?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1590.htm" title="1590: bə·ḡan·nā·ḇîm (Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A thief. From ganab; a stealer."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="1767: mid·dê (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Sufficiency, enough. Of uncertain derivation; enough, used chiefly with preposition in phrases.">whenever</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">you speak of him</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5110.htm" title="5110: tiṯ·nō·w·ḏāḏ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to nod, i.e. Waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also, to console, deplore, or taunt.">you shake your head.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a></span><br />This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-11</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Numbers 21:29</a></span><br />Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10-12</a></span><br />For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. / He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. / The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Isaiah 24:8-11</a></span><br />The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. / They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. / The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-5.htm">Isaiah 26:5-6</a></span><br />For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. / Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8-10</a></span><br />For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-6</a></span><br />you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! / The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. / It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Isaiah 14:29-31</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. / Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain. / Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1-3</a></span><br />“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. / Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. / Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">Isaiah 48:20-22</a></span><br />Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” / They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out. / “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For was not Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.</p><p class="hdg">was not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13</a></b></br> Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Psalm 79:4</a></b></br> We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm">Proverbs 24:17,18</a></b></br> Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: … </p><p class="hdg">was he found</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Jeremiah 2:26</a></b></br> 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,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-55.htm">Matthew 26:55</a></b></br> In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-38.htm">Matthew 27:38</a></b></br> Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.</p><p class="hdg">skippedst.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-17.htm">Bemoan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-12.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Derision</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-5.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-11.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Leaped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Oft</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Often</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Ridicule</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-8.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-5.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">Spakest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-2.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-2.htm">Speakest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-25.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-11.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-31.htm">Wag</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm">Wasn't</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-1.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Bemoan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-41.htm">Caught</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Derision</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Found</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/luke/1-41.htm">Leaped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Object</a> <a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">Oft</a> <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Often</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Ridicule</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-29.htm">Shake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-21.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/judges/13-11.htm">Spakest</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Speakest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Sport</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-30.htm">Talking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Thieves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-4.htm">Thyself</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Wag</a> <a href="/jonah/4-2.htm">Wasn't</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-17.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-30.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">The judgment of Moab</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">for their security</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-14.htm">for their carnal confidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">and for their contempt of God and his people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">The restoration of Moab</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Was not Israel your object of ridicule?</b><br>This phrase highlights the historical animosity between Moab and Israel. Moab, a neighboring nation east of the Dead Sea, often mocked Israel, reflecting a long-standing enmity. This ridicule can be traced back to the time of the Exodus when Moab refused to help Israel (Numbers 22-24). The Moabites' derision of Israel is a recurring theme, as seen in their opposition during the reigns of various Israelite kings. This ridicule is not just a social slight but a spiritual affront, as Israel is God's chosen people (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>).<p><b>Was he ever found among thieves?</b><br>This rhetorical question implies that Israel, despite its sins, was not guilty of the kind of treachery or lawlessness that would justify such scorn. Historically, Israel had its share of internal corruption and idolatry, but the nation was not characterized by the kind of criminal behavior that would warrant being labeled as thieves. This phrase may also allude to the unjust treatment Israel received from surrounding nations, who often acted deceitfully or aggressively towards them, as seen in the alliances and betrayals recorded in the books of Kings and Chronicles.<p><b>For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.</b><br>The act of shaking the head is a gesture of scorn or derision, indicating contempt or disbelief. This behavior reflects the Moabites' disdain for Israel, which is consistent with the cultural practices of the time where physical gestures often accompanied verbal insults. This contempt is not just a social issue but a spiritual one, as it reflects a rejection of God's covenant people. The shaking of the head is also seen in the New Testament, where Jesus, the ultimate fulfillment of Israel, is mocked in a similar manner during His crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">Matthew 27:39</a>). This connection underscores the continuity of God's redemptive plan through Israel and ultimately through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, often seen as a symbol of God's chosen people. In this context, Israel is being mocked by Moab.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A neighboring nation of Israel, often in conflict with Israel. Moab is being addressed by God through the prophet Jeremiah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the nations, including warnings and judgments.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate speaker through Jeremiah, expressing His judgment and perspective on the nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/thieves.htm">Thieves</a></b><br>A metaphorical reference to Israel's perceived status or actions, questioning whether Israel deserved the mockery.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God holds nations accountable for their treatment of His people. Mockery and scorn against God's chosen ones do not go unnoticed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_and_downfall.htm">Pride and Downfall</a></b><br>Moab's pride led to its downfall. This serves as a warning against arrogance and the mistreatment of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_respect.htm">Empathy and Respect</a></b><br>We are called to treat others with respect and empathy, avoiding the sin of mockery and judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflection_on_identity.htm">Reflection on Identity</a></b><br>Consider how we view and speak about others, especially those who are part of God's family. Are we guilty of shaking our heads in judgment?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trust in God's sovereign plan, knowing that He sees and will address injustices in His timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_attribute_zechariah's_prophecy_to_jeremiah.htm">Why does Matthew attribute a prophecy about thirty pieces of silver to Jeremiah when it actually comes from Zechariah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_kemosh's_captivity.htm">Jeremiah 48:7 references Moab's deity Kemosh going into captivity; is there any historical or biblical corroboration of this event?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_later_mentions_fit_moab's_prophecy.htm">If Jeremiah 48:42 says Moab will cease to be a people, how do later mentions of Moab or its descendants fit with this prophecy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Was not Israel a derision unto thee?</span>--The "derision" had been shown at an earlier stage in the history of Judah (<a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm" title="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.">Zephaniah 2:8</a>; comp. <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm" title="For thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your despite against the land of Israel;">Ezekiel 25:6</a>), 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 <a href="/2_samuel/3-33.htm" title="And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies?">2Samuel 3:33</a>, 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.<p><span class= "bld">Thou skippedst for joy.</span>--The gesture described. like the wagging of the head of <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm" title="To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.">Jeremiah 18:16</a>, 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. <a href="/isaiah/57-4.htm" title="Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.">Isaiah 57:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/22-7.htm" title="All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,">Psalm 22:7</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Was he found among thieves?</span> for, etc.; rather,... <span class="accented">that, as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest thy head.</span> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Jeremiah 2:26</a>)? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Was</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֣וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(lō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your object of ridicule?</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׂחֹ֗ק</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śə·ḥōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7814.htm">Strong's 7814: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laughter, derision, sport</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Was he ever found [among thieves]?</span><br /><span class="heb">נִמְצָ֑א</span> <span class="translit">(nim·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whenever</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדֵּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1767.htm">Strong's 1767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sufficiency, enough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you speak of him</span><br /><span class="heb">דְבָרֶ֥יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you shake your head.”</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiṯ·nō·w·ḏāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5110.htm">Strong's 5110: </a> </span><span class="str2">To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/48-27.htm">Jeremiah 48:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/48-27.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:27 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? 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