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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Jeremiah 48:7

Bulwarks. Hebrew, "works," or possessions of corn, cattle, &c. (Calmet) --- Chamos, the idol of the Moabites. (Challoner) --- He was esteemed the king of the country, as the devil is the ape of God. The prophets often deride the imbecility of these idols, chap. xliii., and xi. The chief idol of Moab shall fall, to shew the vanity of trusting in idols. (Worthington)

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See also Jeremiah 48:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 48:7. _CHEMOSH SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY_] The grand national idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29; Judges 11:24. Ancient idolaters used to take their gods with them to the field of...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WORKS - Possibly the products of labor. The versions render fortifications. CHEMOSH - As the national god of Moab Numbers 21:29, he represents the whole land; and his being led into captivity implies...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 48. MOAB (the territory E. of the Dead Sea, from Wady Kerak in the S. to the neighbourhood of Heshbon in the N.). Many of the numerous places named in this prophecy will be found on G. A. Smi...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in thy works and in thy treasures_ "works" perhaps meaning _results of work, gains_. This is suggested by the word "treasures" which follows. Cp. ch. Jeremiah 20:5, where, however, the Hebrew (transl...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CHEMOSH SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY— It was customary for the heathens to carry the images of their gods with them to battle; and the capture of these deities was deemed a very great acquisition. Th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Urgent Exhortation Jeremiah 48:7-10 TRANSLATION (7) Surely because you trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go out into captivity, his priests and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. BECAUSE THOU HAST TRU...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    48:7 Chemosh (l-19) The Moabitish divinity....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CHEMOSH] the god of Moab's national worship....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CHEMOSH SHALL GO FORTH INTO CAPTIVITY. — The name appears as that of the national deity of Moab in Numbers 21:29, as worshipped also by the Ammonites in Judges 11:24. Solomon introduced and Josiah abo...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֠י יַ֣עַן בִּטְחֵ֤ךְ בְּ מַעֲשַׂ֨יִךְ֙ וּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For because thou hast trusted in thy (f) works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and (g) Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together. (f) That is,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Prophet Jeremiah, whom the Lord when giving him his commission, had set over the nations and over the kingdoms, (see Jeremiah 1:10) is here arraigning, trying, and condemning Moab; and an awful co...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jeremiah assigns here the reason why God would take vengeance on the Moabites; but we shall hereafter see other reasons why God had been so much displeased with them. Let us then know that we are not...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR BECAUSE THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WORKS,.... The strong works and fortifications they had made about their cities, and so thought themselves safe in them; which is the sense of the Septuagint and V...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together. Ver. 7. _For because...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Chemosh shall go_, &c. Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29. _The valley also shall perish and the plain_ Those who live in the country, with their flocks and pastures, shall be involv...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, in her successful undertakings and the wealth which she had thereby amassed, THOU SHALT ALSO BE TAKEN, the land subdued and its inhabit...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Whether by WORKS in this place he meant their riches, got by the labour of their hands, or _their idols_, which often are called, by way of defamation, the works of their own hands, or their fortifica...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 48:7 trusted H982 (H8800) works H4639 treasures H214 taken H3920 (H8735) Chemosh H3645 forth H3318 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUSTED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:7 CHEMOSH was Moab’s national deity. Human sacrifice was part of Moab’s rituals for Chemosh (2 Kings 3:27). shall go

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Timothy 6:17; Ezekiel 28:2; Hosea 10:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Trusted — In thy idols. Chemosh — Chemosh was their principal idol....

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