Jeremiah 48:27

New International Reader's Version

Moab, you laughed at Israel, didn’t you? Were Israel’s people caught among robbers? Is that why you shake your head at them? Is that why you make fun of them every time you talk about them?

Cross References

Job 16:4

If you and I changed places, I could say the same things you are saying. I could make fine speeches against you. I could shake my head at you.

Psalm 44:13

You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.

Psalm 64:8

He will turn their own words against them. He will destroy them. All those who see them will shake their heads and look down on them.

Psalm 79:4

We are something our neighbors joke about. The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.

Jeremiah 18:16

So their land will become a horrible thing. People will make fun of it again and again. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will shake their heads.

Jeremiah 2:26

“A thief is dishonored when he is caught. And you people of Israel are filled with shame. Your kings and officials are dishonored. So are your priests and your prophets.

Lamentations 1:12

Jerusalem also says, “All you who are passing by, don’t you care about what has happened to me? Just look at my condition. Has anyone suffered the way I have? The Lord has brought all this on me. He has made me suffer. His anger has burned against me.

Lamentations 1:7

Jerusalem’s people are suffering and wandering. They remember all the treasures they used to have. But they fell into the hands of their enemies. And no one was there to help them. Their enemies looked at them. They laughed because Jerusalem had been destroyed.

Ezekiel 25:8

The Lord and King says, “Moab and Edom said, ‘Look! Judah has become like all the other nations.’

Ezekiel 35:15

You were happy when the land of Israel became empty. So I will treat you in the same way. Mount Seir, you will be empty. So will the whole land of Edom. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 36:2

The Lord and King says, “Your enemies made fun of you. They bragged, ‘The hills you lived in for a long time belong to us now.’ ” ’

Ezekiel 36:4

Mountains of Israel, listen to the message of the Lord and King. He speaks to you mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. He speaks to you destroyed cities and deserted towns. The rest of the nations around you took away from you everything of value. They made fun of you.

Zephaniah 2:10

Moab and Ammon will be judged because they are so proud. They made fun of the Lord’s people. They laughed at them.

Zephaniah 2:8

The Lord says, “I have heard Moab make fun of my people. The Ammonites also laughed at them. They told them that bad things would happen to their land.

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus spoke to the crowd. “Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked. “Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courtyard teaching. And you didn’t arrest me.

Matthew 27:38

Two rebels against Rome were crucified with him. One was on his right and one was on his left.

Matthew 7:2

You will be judged in the same way you judge others. You will be measured in the same way you measure others.