Deceitfully. In the Greek, negligently. The work of God here spoken of, is the punishment of the Moabites. (Challoner) --- Woe to those who spare those whom God orders to be destroyed, as Saul and Achab did, 1 Kings xv. 8, 23., and 3 Kings xx. 32, 42. The zeal of the Levites, Phinees, &c., is rewarded, Exodus xxxii. 27., and Numbers xx. 8.
Verse Jeremiah 48:10. _CURSED BE HE THAT DOETH THE WORK OF THE LORD_ _DECEITFULLY_] Moab is doomed to destruction, and the Lord pronounces a curse on their enemies if they do not proceed to utter exti...
DECEITFULLY - Better as in the margin....
CHAPTER 48 Concerning Moab _ 1. The overthrow of Moab (Jeremiah 48:1) _ 2. The humiliation of Moab (Jeremiah 48:11) 3. Reaping what they sowed (Jeremiah 48:20) 4. Destroyed o
JEREMIAH 48. MOAB (the territory E. of the Dead Sea, from Wady Kerak in the S. to the neighbourhood of Heshbon in the N.). Many of the numerous places named in this prophecy will be found on G. A. Smi...
DECEITFULLY. negligently: i.e. this work of judgment....
_negligently_ lit. _with slackness_, better than mg. _deceitfully_....
CURSED BE HE, &C.— "Cursed is he who doth not execute with fidelity and the greatest exactness the orders of the Lord; cursed will ye be, O Chaldeans, if you spare Moab, if you treat her not with the...
B. Urgent Exhortation Jeremiah 48:7-10 TRANSLATION (7) Surely because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go out into captivity, his priests and...
IV. THE ORACLE AGAINST MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 The Moabites occupied the region east of the Dead Sea and for the most part south of the river Arnon. The Arnon flows through a steep, twisting gorge in th...
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. CURSED BE HE THAT DOETH THE WORK OF THE LORD - the divinely appointed utter devas...
AGAINST MOAB Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'in I...
DECEITFULLY] RV 'negligently.'Moab's foe must not be slack in executing God's command....
CURSED BE HE... — To the prophet the destruction of the tyrannous haughtiness was a righteous retribution in which he saw the work of Jehovah, and he could not wish that it should be done otherwise th...
אָר֗וּר עֹשֶׂ֛ה מְלֶ֥אכֶת יְהוָ֖ה רְמִיָּ֑ה וְ...
CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo against Israeland...
The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it is...
(h) Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood. (h) He shows that God would punish the Chaldeans if they did not destroy the...
The Prophet Jeremiah, whom the Lord when giving him his commission, had set over the nations and over the kingdoms, (see Jeremiah 1:10) is here arraigning, trying, and condemning Moab; and an awful co...
The Prophet here encourages the Chaldeans to severity, so as to make no end until they destroyed that nation. We have said that the prophets assumed different characters, so that what they said might...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
CURSED [BE] HE THAT DOETH THE WORK OF THE LORD DECEITFULLY,.... Which is said with respect to the Chaldeans, who were enjoined to destroy the Moabites; which is called the work of the Lord, because he...
Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Ver. 10. _Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully._] Or, Slackl...
_Chemosh shall go_, &c. Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29. _The valley also shall perish and the plain_ Those who live in the country, with their flocks and pastures, shall be involv...
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, being negligent in carrying out the judgment of God upon Moab, AND CURSED BE HE THAT KEEPETH BACK HIS SWORD FROM BLOOD, the invader charged wi...
THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...
DECEITFULLY: Or, negligently...
These words seem like the words of the prophet to the Chaldeans, inciting them to go on valiantly against the Moabites, calling it THE WORK OF THE LORD, which he would have done, and to which he had c...
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed H779 (H8803) does H6213 (H8802) work H4399 LORD H3068 deceitfully H7423 cursed H779 ...
THE DESTRUCTION OF MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:1). Note how, as in Isaiah 15, the towns and prominent places are mentioned by name. Some of them were towns that had been taken over from Israel (compare Mesha's...
D). PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:1). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especially east of...
CONTENTS: Prophecy against Moab. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Jehovah has all armies at His command. He will in His own time plead the cause of His people against a people that have always...
Jeremiah 48:1. _Against Moab, saith the Lord._ Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchadnez...
_Cursed be he, that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully._ THE SIN OF LUKEWARMNESS IN ACQUIRING, AND ADVANCING, A KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST I. As it concerns our religious belief and resolution. Some, pr...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:10 Babylon will do its work as God’s instrument of judgment (Jeremiah 27:1) with urgency, not laziness....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and _before the fourth year...
EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1.Jeremiah 48:29-24 recur...
In forty-eight, he now directs his attention to Moab. Moab was across the Jordan on the east side of the Jordan River and of the Jordan rift. Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Isr...
1 Kings 20:42; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:9;...