George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 48:41
Carioth, probably Kir Hares, which the eagle of Babylon seized. Roman Septuagint omits verse 40. (Calmet) --- Grabe supplies, Behold, &c., and here, the heart, &c. (Haydock)
Carioth, probably Kir Hares, which the eagle of Babylon seized. Roman Septuagint omits verse 40. (Calmet) --- Grabe supplies, Behold, &c., and here, the heart, &c. (Haydock)
SURPRISED - captured by force....
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 40-47. The foe swoops down vulture-like (Jeremiah 4:13) on Moab, destroyed because of pride against Yahweh. One disaster succeeds another in this time of punishment (visitation, Jeremiah 11:2...
MIGHTY MEN'S. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14....
The LXX omit "Behold … Moab" (Jeremiah 48:40) and "and the heart … pangs" (Jeremiah 48:41). Both are probably glosses in MT. supplied from Jeremiah 49:22, with change of names....
_Kerioth_ See on Jeremiah 48:20. But, because of the parallel expression "strong holds" in the next clause, the word may simply mean _cities_....
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...
G. Inescapable Destruction Jeremiah 48:39-46 TRANSLATION (39) How sad the dismay! They howl! How sad that Moab has turned the back in shame! Moab shall become an object of derision and terror to thos...
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. THE MIGHTY MEN'S HEARTS IN MOAB AT THAT DAY SHA...
48:41 is (c-2) Or 'The cities are.'...
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...
KERIOTH. — (See Note on Jeremiah 48:24.) Here the word is used with the article, and should probably be translated, as in the margin, _the cities,_ as painting the wide-spread devastation that was to...
נִלְכְּדָה֙ הַ קְּרִיֹּ֔ות וְ הַ מְּצָדֹ֖ות נ
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...
It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furth...
I have already reminded you, that the Prophet is not using too many words in this extended discourse, for it was necessary to confirm at large what all would have otherwise rejected. He then says, tha...
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...
KERIOTH IS TAKEN,.... The name of a city in Moab, as in Jeremiah 48:24; so Jarchi, and others; but Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, that it may be taken for an appellative, and be rendered "the cities";...
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. Ver. 41. _Kerioth is taken._] Of this city, some s...
_Behold, he shall fly as an eagle_ Conquerors are often compared to eagles and other birds of prey; and the encamping of their armies is represented by the spreading of the wings of such fowls. _The m...
Kerioth, Cf v. 24, IS TAKEN, AND THE STRONGHOLDS ARE SURPRISED, AND THE MIGHTY MEN'S HEARTS IN MOAB AT THAT DAY SHALL BE AS THE HEART OF A WOMAN IN HER PANGS, full of fear and terror....
LAMENTATION OVER MOAB...
KERIOTH: Or, the cities...
14-47. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In r...
Whether KERIOTH here be the proper name of a city, as it is JEREMIAH 48:24, or an appellative noun signifying cities, is doubtful. The latter seems best to agree to this place: _The cities and the str...
Jeremiah 48:41 Kerioth H7152 taken H3920 (H8738) strongholds H4679 surprised H8610 (H8738) mens H1368 hearts H3820
THE COMING JUDGMENT ON MOAB AND ITS FINAL RESTORATION (JEREMIAH 48:39). In its pride Moab considered itself invulnerable and well able to take care of itself. It exalted its own god, Chemosh, above YH...
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...
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 Thessalonians 5:3; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isai