THE FORTY-FOURTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Against. concerning. MOAB. Always hostile to Israel. Compare Judges 3:12, Jdg 3:28. 1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 13:20. In the reign of Jehoiakim they joined with the Chaldeans. THUS SAITH. A... [ Continue Reading ]
HESHBON. Now _Hesban._ The capital of Sihon king of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reubenites (Numbers 32:37. Compare Joshua 13:17). DEVISED. counselled. Note Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. _Heshbon, hashbu._ EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. BE CUT DOWN. be reduced to silence. MADMEN. Now _Umm Deineh,_... [ Continue Reading ]
HORONAIM. Probably near Zoar. Compare Isaiah 15:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUHITH. _'_ Now _Tal'atel Heith,_ one mile west of Mount Nebo.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVES. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE HEATH. naked trees. Compare Jeremiah 17:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT ALSO. thou too shalt. CHEMOSH SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 21:29). App-92. See App-54, and compare Judges 11:24. 1Ki 11:7. 2 Kings 23:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEITFULLY. negligently: i.e. this work of judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH BEEN AT EASE. Since Moab had driven out the Emims (Deuteronomy 2:10). REMAINED. stood.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. WANDERERS, THAT SHALL CAUSE HIM TO WANDER. tilters that shall tilt him. Keeping up the symbol of. wine-jar (Jeremiah 48:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 2:4. The last occurrence in Jeremiah. BETH-EL. Reference to the calves of Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:29; Hosea 10:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GONE UP... HER CITIES. her cities have gone up, or ascended in burning. SAITH THE KING. [is] the King's oracle. Compare Jeremiah 46:18. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Jeremiah 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HASTETH FAST. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:35). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIBON. Now _Dhiban._ Ruins north of the river Arnon. Compare Jeremiah 48:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
INHABITANT. inhabitress. Reference to "daughter' (Jeremiah 48:18). AROER. Now _'Ar'air,_ on the north bank of _Wady, Mojib_ (Arnon).... [ Continue Reading ]
ARNON. Now _Wady Mojib,_ on the east side of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLON. Now probably _Aleiyan_ (not Holon or Hilen in Judah). JAHAZAH... MEPHAATH. Not yet identified. Compare Isaiah 15:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIBON. See Jeremiah 48:18. BETH-DIBLATHAIM. Also Almon-diblathaim (Numbers 33:46; Numbers 33:47). Now probably _Khan Deleyat_. house of the two disks, mentioned on the Moabite stone. App-64.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-GAMUL. Now _Khan Jemail,_ east of Dibon. BETH-MEON. Now _Tell M'ain._ Compare Joshua 13:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
KERIOTH. Probably the same as Kiriathaim (Jeremiah 48:1). BOZRAH. Now _el Buseirah,_ in Edom, south-east of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALLOW IN. stagger or splash into.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINCE. as often as, or whenever. SKIPPEDST FOR JOY. didst shake thyself in excitement, or wag thy head.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIDE. arrogance. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_: six expressions, for the sake of emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE HEART SHALL MOURN. must one mourn. So the St. Petersburg Codex (A.D. 916), with note that the Eastern Massorites read "I shall mourn". KIR-HERES. Now _Kerak,_ the fortified town east of southern end of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIBMAH. Now probably _Sumia,_ east of Jordan. Compare Numbers 32:38. JAZER. Now _Beit Zer'ah,_ east of Jordan. PLANTS. branches. OVER THE SEA. Probably the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE CRY, &C. or, on hearing Heshbon _'_. mournful cry. ELEALEH. Now _el 'Al,_. ruin near Heshbon. JAHAZ.. town in Reuben. Not yet identified. ZOAR. Now _Tell esh Shughur,_ on the south side of _Wady Heshban._ Originally "Bela". AS AN HEIFER OF THREE YEARS OLD: or, the third Eglath (to disti... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGH PLACES. See note on 1 Kings 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE PIPES. Used in mourning at funerals. Compare Matthew 9:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY HEAD. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one margin), read "For upon every head". BALD. baldness. The symbol of mourning. Compare Jeremiah 47:5. UPON THE LOINS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and upon all loins".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSETOPS. Where they prayed to their gods. Compare Jeremiah 19:13. STREETS. broadways.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. one (not named): Nebuchadnezzar understood. SHALL FLY. Codex Oriental, 2091 (British Museum), reads "shall ascend"; but the _Massorah_ (App-30) has. note, saying "according to other codices, it is fly" (vol, 167a). AS AN EAGLE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN'S. Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR. Terror.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FEAR... THE PIT... THE PIT... IN THE SNARE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _h_ appa- _had... happahath... happahath_... _bepah_. THE YEAR OF THEIR VISITATION. See note on Jeremiah 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD... BECAUSE OF THE FORCE. stood strengthless; or, halted. A FIRE SHALL COME FORTH OUT OF HESHBON, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 21:28). App-92. DEVOUR. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:17). App-92. CORNER: or, flank. TUMULTUOUS ONES. sons of tumult.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Figure of speech _Maledictio._ App-6. THE PEOPLE OF CHEMOSH. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 21:29). PERISHETH. Same word as "undone" in Numbers 21:29. CAPTIVES. in the captivity (masculine) CAPTIVES. Feminine.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING AGAIN THE CAPTIVITY. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ THE LATTER DAYS. in the end, or afterpart of the days.... [ Continue Reading ]