I know his rage, either against Israel, or other people; but he shall never execute it, or bring to pass what he thinks to do. There is no trusting to what he saith, his boastings and his confidence are but lies, and shall never effect his designs.
BUT IT SHALL NOT BE SO - Most commentators translate, “I know, saith Jehovah, his arrogancy, and the emptiness of his boastings; they have worked emptiness.”...
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
Moab's pride is without foundation, doomed to a fall which the prophet laments; comparing the past glory with the far-reaching tendrils of a choice vine (Jeremiah 48:32). There is no longer the joy of...
_I know his wrath_ The Lord corroborates the assertion of the prophet in the former verse. _that it is nought … nothing_ rather, as Dr. _his boastings are untruth; they do untruth_....
Expanded from Isaiah 16:6. For pride as a characteristic of Moab cp. Isaiah 25:11; Zephaniah 2:8-10....
See introd. summary to the ch. The passage may contain some Jeremianic matter, but on the whole is late (see also on Jeremiah 48:37) and borrowed to a large extent from Is. 15., 16. (chs. which are pe...
I KNOW— _I know, saith_ JEHOVAH, _his fierce wrath; but he is not alike in the extent of his ability, he is not alike in performing._ See Vitringa on Isaiah 16:6....
E. Abhorrent Exaltation Jeremiah 48:29-30 TRANSLATION (29) We have heard of the pride of Moab, so very proud; his loftiness and his pride, his arrogancy and the haughtiness of his heart. (30) I know...
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...
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. I KNOW HIS WRATH - Moab's "proud arrogancy" (), or "wrath" against my people, is not unknown to me. BUT...
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...
BUT, etc.] RV 'that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.'...
HIS LIES SHALL NOT SO EFFECT IT. — The Hebrew for “lies” has also, as in the margin, the meaning of “bars” or “staves” or “branches” as the symbol of defence (Hosea 11:6), but the version in the text...
אֲנִ֤י יָדַ֨עְתִּ֨י נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֔ה עֶבְרָתֹ֖ו 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...
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; (q) but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it]. (q) He will not execute his malice against his neighbours....
_Able. He hath attempted too much._...
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...
This verse is variously explained, at least the second clause. Some render it, “His indignation, and not what is right;” then they add by itself, “his lies;” and lastly, “they have not done rightly,”...
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...
I KNOW HIS WRATH, SAITH THE LORD,.... Against the Jews, and other nations; what he has threatened to do unto them, and would do if not restrained: BUT [IT SHALL] NOT [BE] SO; as he has devised in his...
I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it]. Ver. 30. _I know his wrath._] Passion is the eldest daughter of pride. See Isaiah 16:6 . _ His lies s...
Jeremiah 48:29 ; JEREMIAH 48:39. _We have heard the pride of Moab_ The several synonymous terms made use of in this verse are meant to express the great pride and insolence of Moab. Though some of the...
Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall...
I know his wrath, his furious insolence, SAITH THE LORD; BUT IT SHALL NOT BE SO, his boastings are nothingness, idle talk, vain vauntings; HIS LIES SHALL NOT SO EFFECT IT, his deeds being just as vain...
HIS LIES SHALL NOT SO AFFECT IT: Or, those on whom he stayeth (_ Heb._ his bars) do not right...
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...
Jeremiah 48:30 know H3045 (H8804) wrath H5678 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 lies H907 right H6213 ...
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...
A LAMENT OVER MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:29). The fate of Moab is very much linked with its overweening pride. It tended to be out of the way of invaders from the north who would use the coastal route, and aft...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:29 THE PRIDE OF MOAB. See Isaiah 16:6....
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...
Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 37:28; Isaiah 37:29; Jeremiah 50:36; Job 9:12;...
I know — He shall never execute what he thinks to do. But — His boastings and his lies, still never effect his designs....