Jeremiah 2:26

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,

Is ashamed - is put to shame.

Thief - (, "He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber," spiritually; in contrast to "the shepherd of the sheep," ).

Israel - i:e., Judah (.)