Jeremiah 48:38 [There shall be] lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure, saith the LORD.
Ver. 38. There shall be lamentation.] See Isaiah 15:3 .
Like a vessel wherein is no pleasure.] See Jeremiah 22:28 .
GENERALLY - Rather, entirely....
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...
THE HOUSETOPS. Where they prayed to their gods. Compare Jeremiah 19:13. STREETS. broadways....
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...
Cp. Isaiah 15:2 f. From "for I have broken" (Jeremiah 48:38) to "upon Moab" (Jeremiah 48:44) is either wholly or in a large part the work of a supplementer....
_vessel, etc_.] See on Jeremiah 22:28....
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...
F. Bitter Lamentation Jeremiah 48:31-38 TRANSLATION (31) Therefore, I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out for all of Moab, and I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. (32) With more than the weepin...
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. LIKE A VESSEL WHEREIN...
Vessel] see on Jeremiah 22:28....
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...
UPON ALL THE HOUSETOPS OF MOAB. — The flat roof of Eastern houses was the natural gathering place of men in a time of panic and distress, as it was, in a time of peace, for prayer or meditation, or ev...
עַ֣ל כָּל ־גַּגֹּ֥ות מֹואָ֛ב וּ בִ רְחֹבֹתֶ֖י
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...
The Prophet at the beginning of the verse continues the same subject, that the Moabites would weep and lament throughout _all their houses _and in _all their streets _The reason is added in the second...
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...
[THERE SHALL BE] LAMENTATION GENERALLY,.... Or, "all of it [is] mourning" n; the whole country of Moab is in mourning; or all is full of mourning; all persons, places, and things, express nothing but...
_From the cry of Heshbon_ When Heshbon was taken by the enemy, the cry of the inhabitants reached as far as Elealeh and Jahaz: the same was likewise heard from Zoar to Horonaim. _As a heifer of three...
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...
LAMENTATION OVER MOAB...
There shall be lamentation generally, nothing but wailing, UPON ALL THE HOUSETOPS OF MOAB, AND IN THE STREETS THEREOF, both at home and abroad; FOR I HAVE BROKEN MOAB LIKE A VESSEL WHEREIN IS NO PLEAS...
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...
We met with the same phrase applied to Coniah, JEREMIAH 22:28. The meaning is, I have broken Moab all to pieces, as people use to do vessels they care not for; they never go about to mend such a vesse...
Jeremiah 48:38 lamentation H4553 housetops H1406 Moab H4124 streets H7339 broken H7665 (H8804) Moab H4124 vessel H3
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...
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...
2 Timothy 2:20; 2 Timothy 2:21; Hosea 8:8; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:1;...