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Jeremiah 48:27

Was 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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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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאִ֣ם׀ve.'Imand <if>?H518 →
ל֣וֹאLo'notH3808 →
הַשְּׂחֹ֗קha.se.Chokthe laughing stockH7814 →
הָיָ֤הha.Yahwas itH1961 →
לְךָ֙le.Khato <the> you
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אִם־'im-or?H518 →
בְּגַנָּבִ֖יםbe.ga.na.Vimamong thievesH1590 →
נִמְצָ֑אnim.tza.'ah'was it foundH4672 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מִדֵּ֧יmi.Deias often asH1767 →
דְבָרֶ֥יךָde.va.Rei.khawords yourH1697 →
בּ֖וֹboin <the> it
תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃tit.no.Dadyou shook yourselfH5110 →

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Jeremiah 2:26As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophetsMicah 7:8–10Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.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.Lamentations 2:15–17All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”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,”Song of Solomon 2:8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Proverbs 24:17–18Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,Matthew 26:55At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.Job 16:4I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.Psalms 44:13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.Ezekiel 26:2–3“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’Ezekiel 35:15As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 36:4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.Matthew 27:38Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left.Zephaniah 2:10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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