Geremia 48:27

27 Israele non è egli stato per te un oggetto di scherno? Era egli forse stato trovato fra i ladri, che ogni volta che parli di lui tu scuoti il capo?

Geremia 48:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27

For was not Israel a derision unto thee?
&c.] In the time of his calamity, when the ten tribes were carried captive by the Assyrians some years ago; and of late the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin by the Chaldeans; the Moabites rejoiced at this, which they ought not to have done, upon the common principles of humanity; and especially since they were not only neighbours, but akin; and therefore, according to the law of retaliation, it was but just that they should be had in derision themselves: was he found among thieves?
that is, Israel; that he should be a derision to any, as thieves are when they are taken; men rejoice at it, insult them, and deride them; but was this the case of Israel? had he robbed any? had he done any injury to Moab, or any other? no, verily: why this derision then? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy;
or, "shookedst thyself" ^F3; whenever the Moabites spoke of the distresses and calamities of Israel, and of their captivity, they laughed till they shook themselves; not only shook their heads, but their whole bodies. The Vulgate Latin version is, "therefore, because of thy words which thou hast spoken against him, thou shall be carried captive"; and Jarchi mentions such a sense of the words, as given by some of their Rabbins; and to this agrees the Targum,

``and because ye have multiplied words against them, therefore ye shall go into captivity.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (ddwntt) "commovisti te", Vatablus, Calvin; "commoves te", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "motitas te", Schmidt.

Geremia 48:27 In-Context

25 Il corno di Moab è tagliato, il suo braccio è spezzato, dice l’Eterno.

26 Inebriatelo, poich’egli s’è innalzato contro l’Eterno, e si rotoli Moab nel suo vomito, e diventi anch’egli un oggetto di scherno!

27 Israele non è egli stato per te un oggetto di scherno? Era egli forse stato trovato fra i ladri, che ogni volta che parli di lui tu scuoti il capo?

28 Abbandonate le città e andate a stare nelle rocce, o abitanti di Moab! Siate come le colombe che fanno il lor nido sull’orlo de’ precipizi.

29 Noi abbiamo udito l’orgoglio di Moab, l’orgogliosissimo popolo, la sua arroganza, la sua superbia, la sua fierezza, l’alterigia del suo cuore.