Jeremiah 48:13

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 she entertained of aid from Chemosh, her idol. AS ... ISRAEL WAS ASHAMED OF BETHEL THEIR CONFIDENCE - (; ) - i:e., just as Israel was disappointed with shame as to the "confidence" which her sons reposed in the golden calf set up there by Jeroboam....

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 intended his doctrine for the benefit of the Jews, as in the present instance. _Ashamed_, he says, _shall Moab be of his idol: _for we have said that Chemosh was the god of the Moabites, as every nation had its own peculiar god, even its own invention. Now, the comparison made here shews that the Prophet wished to exhort the people, to whom he was appointed a teacher, to repentance; for he set before them the example of the ten tribes. And we know that at the time Jeremiah announced this prophecy, the kingdom of Israel was destroyed. All the Israelites, then, had been driven into exile except the tribe of Judah and the half tribe of Benjamin. Now, the ten tribes, as it is well known, had, u...

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....

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 Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 16:11;...

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 Chaldeans, and being carried captive by them; he himself also going into captivity: AS THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WERE ASHAMED OF BETHEL THEIR CONFIDENCE; that is, of the golden calf that was set up in Bethel by Jeroboam, and which the ten tribes of Israel worshipped, and in which they trusted; but that could not save them from being carried captive by the Assyrians; and so were ashamed of it, and of their idolatrous worship, and vain confidence....

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 on account of its pride (Jeremiah 48:29) With these divisions the chapter may be studied in detail. Moab was of incestuous off spring Genesis 19:37. Israel is now exhorted to flee and save itself because Moab is to be destroyed. Moab's national deity was Chemosh, who was also worshipped by the sister nation, the

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 Jeremiah 48:29). But now she is roughly handled, and the jars (Jeremiah 48:12 _mg._ 2) broken. She shall be put to shame through (the helplessness of) Chemosh (so render in Jeremiah 48:13), as Israel was through her false trust in the worship at Bethel (Amos 5:5). In spite of her warriors, she is soon to be ravaged, and a dirge ...

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....