Jeremiah Chapter 2 verse 26 Holy Bible
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
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As the thief is shamed when he is taken, so is Israel shamed; they, their kings and their rulers, their priests and their prophets;
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As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed -- they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets --
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As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
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As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
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As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Is... ashamed. It is the per-feet of prophetic certitude.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) As the thief . . .--The words point to the sense of shame as already felt, and as therefore bringing with it the possibility of repentance. Once they gloried in their false worship; now they feel as if detected in a crime. Conscience had once again been roused into activity.
