Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 48:17
Staff — A staff and a rod are as well, ensigns of power and government, as instruments to punish offenders.
Staff — A staff and a rod are as well, ensigns of power and government, as instruments to punish offenders.
Verse Jeremiah 48:17. _HOW IS THE STRONG STAFF BROKEN_] The _sceptre_. The sovereignty of Moab is destroyed....
The lamentation over Moab uttered by those “round about him,” i. e., the neighboring nations, and those “that know his name,” nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a peopl...
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, hitherto undisturbed, is compared with wine left standing on its sediment (Isaiah 25:6), and retaining its flavour and scent (_i.e._ being self-centred and undisciplined; _cf._ the pride of Jere...
For the use of "How" introducing a lament, cp. Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1. _the strong staff_(mg. _sceptre) … the beautiful rod_ For these expressions, as implying national g...
See introd. summary to the ch....
HOW IS THE STRONG STAFF BROKEN— _How is the powerful rod, the glorious sceptre broken!_ The Moabites were remarkable for their pride and vanity; of which Jeremiah speaks in the 29th verse....
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...
C. Prophetic Explanation Jeremiah 48:11-17 TRANSLATION (11) From his youth Moab has been at ease, and settled on his lees; he was not emptied from vessel to vessel, nor had he gone into captivity; th...
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! ALL YE THAT ARE ABOUT HIM, BEMOAN HIM - not that Moab deserves pit...
48:17 staff (b-21) See Ezekiel 19:14 ; as Exodus 4:2 ....
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...
(14-17) HOW SAY YE... — In the boast that follows we trace the characteristic pride of Moab. The prophet points to the fact that the pride is brought low. She, too, is subject, like other nations, to...
נֻ֤דוּ לֹו֙ כָּל ־סְבִיבָ֔יו וְ כֹ֖ל יֹדְעֵ֣י
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...
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, (l) How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod! (l) How are they destroyed that put their trust in their streng...
_His name, as particular friends, Exodus xxxiii. 12, 17. People in the East had a secret name, which they disclosed to very few, to prevent incantations. --- Rod. This nation was exceedingly vain, ver...
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 seems indeed to exhort all neighbors to sympathy; but we have stated for what purpose he did this; for it was not his object to show that the Moabites deserved pity, so that their neighbor...
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...
ALL YE THAT ARE ABOUT HIM, BEMOAN HIM,.... The neighbouring nations, such as the Ammonites, and others, are called upon to condole the sad case of Moab; all upon the borders of the country of Moab, ei...
All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod! Ver. 17. _All ye that are about him, bemoan him._] And that ye may...
_And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh_, &c. They shall be disappointed in their expectations of succour from their tutelary idol, as the ten tribes have been in the trust they reposed in the calf they...
Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall...
All ye that are about him, all his neighbors, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name, those living at a distance and knowing only the fame of Moab, SAY, HOW IS THE STRONG STAFF BROKEN AND THE BEAUT...
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...
ALL YE THAT ARE ABOUT HIM, BEMOAN HIM: the prophet having spoken of Moab's calamity as already come upon him, or at least very near, calls to his friends to come and condole with him, as is usually do...
Jeremiah 48:17 Bemoan H5110 (H8798) around H5439 know H3045 (H8802) name H8034 Say H559 (H8798) strong...
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...
THE HUMBLING OF MOAB AND JUDGMENT ON HER CITIES (JEREMIAH 48:14). Jeremiah 48:14 “How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, And valiant men for the war?' Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into hi...
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...
_How is the strong staff broken._ THE STRONG STAFF AND THE BEAUTIFUL ROD I. The purposes of our Heavenly Father in great bereavements. 1. To teach us that we should not misplace our trust. 2. To c...
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...
Ezekiel 19:11; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 14:5; Isaiah 16:8;...