Jeremiah 2:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As the thief is brought to shame when he is caught, so shall the house of Israel be brought to shame–they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets– American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible As a thief is ashamed when caught in his tracks, so the people of Israel are ashamed— their kings, officials, priests, and prophets— Catholic Public Domain Version In the same way that a thief is confounded when he has been apprehended, so the house of Israel has been confounded, they and their kings, their leaders and priests and prophets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the thief is confounded when he is taken, so is the house of Israel confounded, they and their kings, their princes and their priests and their prophets. |
From the days of our ancestors to this day we have been deep in guilt, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as is now the case.
All servants of images are put to shame, those who make their boast in worthless idols; all gods bow down before him.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted, and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
All its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans, too, are merely human. Let them all assemble; let them stand up; they shall be terrified; they shall all be put to shame.
All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, and so they will be put to shame.
Why do you go about so much to change your way? You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; then you will be ashamed and dismayed because of all your wickedness.
because of all the evil of the people of Israel and the people of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
On that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail the king and the officials; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.
Israel was a laughingstock for you, though he was not caught among thieves, but whenever you spoke of him you shook your head!
in order that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all that you have done, becoming a consolation to them.
Its priests have done violence to my teaching and have profaned my holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
I have sent it out, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name, and it shall abide in that house and consume it, both timber and stones.”
So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.