They that fled.. force] RV 'They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon.'While the fugitives of Moab wait in hope of aid under the walls of the Ammonite city, there bursts forth from it a flame kindled by the Chaldean foe like that which in old days was kindled at the same place by Sihon, the Amorite conqueror (Numbers 21:28).
Tumultuous ones] the fugitives.
Verse Jeremiah 48:45. _THEY THAT FLED STOOD UNDER THE SHADOW OF HESHBON_] Heshbon being a fortified place, they who were worsted in the fight fled to it, and rallied under its walls; but, instead of...
BECAUSE OF THE FORCE - Rather, without force. Translate it: “The fugitives have stood, (i. e., halted) powerless in the shadow of Heshbon.” As Heshbon was the capital of the Ammonites, the sense is th...
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
JEREMIAH 40-47. The foe swoops down vulture-like (Jeremiah 4:13) on Moab, destroyed because of pride against Yahweh. One disaster succeeds another in this time of punishment (visitation, Jeremiah 11:2...
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 2...
_They that fled … Heshbon_ i.e. the fugitives of Moab in vain seek help from Heshbon, as it is among the first to be overthrown (Jeremiah 48:2). _midst_ Read _house_, changing one letter of MT. Heshbo...
THEY THAT FLED, &C.— _But stand ye under the shadow of Heshbon, and confide in it: for a fire shall burst forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, which shall devour the hairs of Moa...
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...
G. Inescapable Destruction Jeremiah 48:39-46 TRANSLATION (39) How sad the dismay! They howl! How sad that Moab has turned the back in shame! Moab shall become an object of derision and terror to thos...
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the cr...
48:45 tumult. (e-44) See Numbers 21:28 ; Numbers 24:17 ....
BECAUSE OF THE FORCE. — Better, _without strength._ What is meant is that the fugitives of Moab seek shelter in Heshbon, the capital of the Ammonites (Jeremiah 49:3), and find no protection there. A F...
בְּ צֵ֥ל חֶשְׁבֹּ֛ון עָמְד֖וּ מִ כֹּ֣חַ נָסִ֑
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...
They that fled stood under the shadow (z) of Heshbon because of the force: but (a) a fire shall come out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the c...
_There....saith, &c., to the end of the chapter is supplied by Grabe. His copy subjoins, "What Jeremias prophesied against all nations. Thus," &c., chap. xxv. 15. (Haydock)_ Hesebon, expecting shelte...
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...
He confirms what is said in the last verse, that the Moabites would in vain resort to their strongest cities, even _Heshbon _and _Sihon_; because a flame would thence break forth, which would consume...
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...
THEY THAT FLED STOOD UNDER THE SHADOW OF HESHBON, BECAUSE OF THE FORCE,.... Heshbon was a strong city in the land of Moab, to which many of the Moabites betook themselves in this time of their calamit...
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the cro...
_They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon_, &c. They that fled for fear of the enemies' forces thought to find shelter and safety in Heshbon, a strong fenced city. Or, instead of, _because of...
LAMENTATION OVER MOAB...
They that fled, the fugitives who escaped the slaughter, STOOD UNDER THE SHADOW OF HESHBON BECAUSE OF THE FORCE, powerless in the face of the danger confronting them; BUT A FIRE SHALL COME FORTH OUT O...
TUMULTUOUS ONES: _ Heb._ children of noise...
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...
HESHBON was a great city, and, as it should seem, a place of some force; the war being in the country, they made Heshbon the place of their sanctuary. But the prophet, applying to the Chaldeans what w...
Jeremiah 48:45 fled H5127 (H8801) stood H5975 (H8804) shadow H6738 Heshbon H2809 exhaustion H3581 fire H784 out
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 COMING JUDGMENT ON MOAB AND ITS FINAL RESTORATION (JEREMIAH 48:39). In its pride Moab considered itself invulnerable and well able to take care of itself. It exalted its own god, Chemosh, above YH...
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 48:45 HOUSE OF SIHON. See Numbers 21:21. FOREHEAD... CROWN. Probably refers to Moab’s northern regions.
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...
Amos 2:2; Matthew 21:42; Numbers 21:28; Numbers 24:17; Zechariah 10:4
Heshbon — Heshbon was it seems a place of force. The crown — That is, the glory....