Jeremiah 48:27
in Jeremiah 48Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
What did Israel do to deserve such derision? Was he detected in theft, that thou didst so exult over him in speaking of him? Though guilty before God, Israel was guiltless towards thee. since--"since ever" thou didst begin speaking of him. skippedst for joy--at Israel's calamity [CALVIN]; or, "thou didst shake thy head" in "derision" [MAURER].
This site's exposition
Come down from your glory
on Jeremiah 48:18-28
Dibon is told, “Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground.” “The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken.” The cause is given in verse 26, “he has magnified himself against the LORD,” and verse 27 recalls Moab’s ridicule of Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But the Moabites industriously proclaimed their joy, and avowed the enmity they had to Israel, triumphing over every Israelite they met with in distress and laughing at him, which was as inhuman as it was impious and an impudent affront both to man, whose nature they were of, and to God, whose name they were called by.
A promise of the restoration of Moab, ver. 48 ). 1 Against Moab thus saith the L ORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee?....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Was not Israel a derision unto thee? - Didst thou not mock my people, and say their God was no better than the gods of other nations? See Eze 25:8. Was he found among thieves? - Did the Israelites come to rob and plunder you? Why then mock them, and rejoice at their desolation, when their enemies prevailed over them? This the Lord particularly resents.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Was he found ... - Or, “was he found among thieves that so often as thou speakest of him” thou waggest thy head? - in contempt for a fallen enemy.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִ֣ם׀ | veim | and <if>? | H518 → | 1069 times |
| ל֣וֹא | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הַשְּׂחֹ֗ק | hasechok | the laughing stock | H7814 → | 15 times |
| הָיָ֤ה | hayah | was it | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | or? | H518 → | 1069 times |
| בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים | beganavim | among thieves | H1590 → | 17 times |
| נִמְצָ֑א | nimtzaah' | was it found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִדֵּ֧י | midei | as often as | H1767 → | 39 times |
| דְבָרֶ֥יךָ | devareikha | words your | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | in <the> it | ||
| תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃ | titnodad | you shook yourself | H5110 → | 24 times |
וְאִ֣ם׀and <if>?
veimH518 →1069 times
ל֣וֹאnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הַשְּׂחֹ֗קthe laughing stock
hasechokH7814 →15 times
הָיָ֤הwas it
hayahH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֙to <the> you
lekha
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אִם־or?
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
בְּגַנָּבִ֖יםamong thieves
beganavimH1590 →17 times
נִמְצָ֑אwas it found
nimtzaah'H4672 →455 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מִדֵּ֧יas often as
mideiH1767 →39 times
דְבָרֶ֥יךָwords your
devareikhaH1697 →1440 times
בּ֖וֹin <the> it
bo
תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃you shook yourself
titnodadH5110 →24 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:3–11
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was…
- Psalms 83:4–7
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
- Amos 1:13
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their…
- Jeremiah 48:27–29
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
- Ezekiel 25:3–11
Through
Ezekiel 25:8This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:1–47
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and…
- Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Isaiah 15:1–9
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Jeremiah 48:1–47
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.