כְּבֹ֤שֶׁת גַּנָּב֙ כִּ֣י יִמָּצֵ֔א כֵּ֥ן הֹבִ֖ישׁוּ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֵ֤מָּה מַלְכֵיהֶם֙ שָֽׂרֵיהֶ֔ם וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶ֖ם וּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃
Comme est confus le voleur quand il est surpris, ainsi seront confus les gens d’Israël, eux, leurs rois, leurs princes, leur prêtres et leurs prophètes.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Like a thief chagrined when he is caught, etc.” [2:26]. Israel is shamed, just like a person who was considered trustworthy and became a thief. He is very embarrassed because previously he was not considered to be a thief. However, when someone has been a thief for a long time, he is not embarrassed at all when he is discovered in the midst of a theft. Israel has been embarrassed like a thief. Previously, her kings, nobles, priests and prophets should have been embarrassed since they were considered to be pious, since they observed the commandments, but they worshipped foreign gods.6Radak, Jeremiah, 2:26.
Rashi
when he is found out At the beginning, when he is found to be a thief, and he was presumed to be faithful. In this manner, Jonathan rendered it.