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Jeremiah 48:27

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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,.... Signifying hereby that they would not be in safety…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Was he found ... - Or, “was he found among thieves that so often as thou speakest of him” thou waggest thy head? - in…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 48:14-47

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

was he found among thieves?] i.e. Thou couldst not, O Moab, have treated him with more contempt, hadst thou caught him…