Beth-el their confidence. — The name of the sanctuary stands for the golden calf that was worshipped there as the symbol of Jehovah (1 Kings 12:29; Amos 7:10). That worship had been put to shame in the captivity of the Ten Tribes. So also should it be with the Chemosh-worship of Moab.
Verse Jeremiah 48:13. _BETH-EL THEIR CONFIDENCE._] Alluding to the golden calves which Jeroboam had there set up, and commanded all the Israelites to worship....
ISRAEL WAS ASHAMED OF BETH-EL - After Salmaneser had carried Israel away, they could trust no longer in the calf of Bethel established by Jeroboam....
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...
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)....
See introd. summary to the ch....
_shall be ashamed_ See on Jeremiah 2:26. _was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence_ Bethel was the southern seat of Jeroboam's idolatrous worship. But Israel found their confidence in the worship there...
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...
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. MOAB SHALL BE ASHAMED OF CHEMOSH - i:e., shall have the shame of disappointment as to the hopes...
BETHEL] the southern seat of the idolatrous worship introduced by Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:29)....
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...
וּ בֹ֥שׁ מֹואָ֖ב מִ כְּמֹ֑ושׁ כַּ אֲשֶׁר
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...
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of (k) Bethel their confidence. (k) As the calf of Bethel was not able to deliver the Israelites no more will Chemosh deliver...
_Of Bethel. That is, of their golden calves, which they worshipped in Bethel. (Challoner) --- Chamos and the golden calves were both taken away, Osee viii. 5. (Calmet) --- The ten tribes had foolishly...
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...
We may see more clearly from this verse, that the Prophet does not so much address the Moabites as his own people; for he was not a teacher to the Moabites to promote their safety; on the contrary, he...
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...
AND MOAB SHALL BE ASHAMED OF CHEMOSH,.... His idol; see Jeremiah 48:7; of his worship of him, prayers to him, and confidence in him; he not being able to save him from the destruction of the Chaldean...
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. Ver. 13. _As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel._] When their golden calf was carried into...
_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...
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, getting evidence of the powerlessness and utter vanity of their chief idol, AS THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WAS ASHAMED OF BETHEL, THEIR CONFIDENCE, finding out to their s...
THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...
It is a natural and a penal shame which is here spoken of; we are naturally ashamed when we have reposed a great confidence in, and made great boasts of, a thing which, when it comes to be tried, prov...
Jeremiah 48:13 Moab H4124 ashamed H954 (H8804) Chemosh H3645 house H1004 Israel H3478 ashamed H954 (H8804) Bethel
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:13 ASHAMED OF CHEMOSH. Because this god cannot save (Jeremiah 10:1). ASHAMED OF BETHEL. At Bethel, Jero
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...
1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 12:29; 1 Kings 18:26; 1
Bethel — The golden calves, which Jeroboam set up at Dan and Bethel....