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THE VALLEY - The lowlands on the east bank of the Jordan, and at the
top of the Dead Sea.
THE PLAIN - An upland pasture; it answers very much to downs: so in
Jeremiah 48:21....
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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
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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...
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_the valley_ the valley of the Jordan towards the Dead Sea.
_the plain_ the tableland of Moab....
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AND THE SPOILER SHALL COME— That is Nebuchadrezzar. This character
is frequently given him in Scripture. See ch. Jeremiah 51:48 and
Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 33:24....
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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...
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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...
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape:
the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
LORD hath spoken.
THE VALLEY ... SHALL PERISH - i:e., t...
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48:8 said. (a-29) Or 'for Jehovah hath spoken.'...
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THE VALLEY] of Jordan, bounding part of Moab on the W....
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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...
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THE VALLEY ALSO SHALL PERISH... — The cities of “the plain” are
enumerated in Jeremiah 48:21. They belonged to the Arabah, the sunken
valley of the Jordan, the “plains of Moab” of Numbers 22:1;
Deuter...
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וְ יָבֹ֨א שֹׁדֵ֜ד אֶל ־כָּל ־עִ֗יר וְ
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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...
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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...
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_Spoiler, or "thief," ( prædo) a title which Nabuchodonosor deserved,
on account of his unjust conquests. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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He confirms the previous verse; nor ought he to be deemed too wordy,
for this prophecy was not announced, that it might cherish the hope
and patience of the faithful only for a few days; but it was ne...
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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...
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AND THE SPOILER SHALL COME UPON EVERY CITY,.... That is,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his army. The Targum is, the
spoilers, who came against and took every city of Moab, and wasted
them. Josep...
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape:
the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
LORD hath spoken.
Ver. 8. _And the spoiler shall come,_] _...
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_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...
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape,
all of them being doomed to ruin and their inhabitants to slaughter
and captivity; THE VALLEY ALSO SHALL PERISH, that is, the inha...
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THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...
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That is, all the parts of the country of Moab, and all the cities, as
well those that stood upon hills and mountainous places, as those that
stood in valleys; _because_ or _for_ the Lord had said it ...
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Jeremiah 48:8 plunderer H7703 (H8802) come H935 (H8799) city H5892 one
H5892 escape H4422 (H8735) valley...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 25:9; Jeremiah 15:8; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 48:18;...