Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 48:46
Woe be to thee, O Moab! the people of (b) Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
(b) Who vaunted themselves of their idol as though he could have defended them.
Woe be to thee, O Moab! the people of (b) Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
(b) Who vaunted themselves of their idol as though he could have defended them.
Verse Jeremiah 48:46. _THE PEOPLE OF CHEMOSH_] The Moabites, who worshipped _Chemosh_ as their supreme god....
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...
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 (masculi...
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...
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. WOE BE UNTO THEE, O MOAB! THE PEOPLE OF CHEMOSH PERISHETH ... Copied from ....
48:46 undone; (f-10) Or 'hath perished.' see Numbers 21:29 ; 'ruined,' Exodus 10:7 ....
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...
אֹוי ־לְךָ֣ מֹואָ֔ב אָבַ֖ד עַם ־כְּמֹ֑ושׁ כִּ
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...
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...
Here the Prophet, as he comes to the end of his prophecy, suddenly exclaims, _Woe to thee _! as though he had said, that words failed him to express the grievousness of God’s vengeance. There is then...
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...
WOE BE UNTO THEE, O MOAB! THE PEOPLE OF CHEMOSH PERISHETH,.... The inhabitants of Moab, who worshipped the idol Chemosh; of which see Jeremiah 48:7; and so called his people, as Israel were called the...
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. Ver. 46. _Woe be unto thee, O Moab._] See Numbers 21:29 ....
_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...
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perisheth, the idolaters with their false god; FOR THY SONS ARE TAKEN CAPTIVES, led away into prison, AND THY DAUGHTERS CAPTIVES, dragged into exile....
CAPTIVES: _ Heb._ in captivity...
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...
The prophet, closing the threatening part of his prophecy against Moab, repeateth the same thing which he had often said, that the Moabites should be carried into captivity by the king of Babylon, and...
Jeremiah 48:46 Woe H188 Moab H4124 people H5971 Chemosh H3645 perish H6 (H8804) sons H1121 taken H3947 ...
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...
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...
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; 2 Kings 23:13; Jeremiah 48:13; Jeremiah 48:7; Judges