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Jeremiah 48:27

American Standard Version

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.

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Jeremiah 48:27 in other translations

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.

Jeremiah 48:27 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 in context

  1. 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
  2. 26Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
  3. 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
  4. 28O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.
  5. 29We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.