Jeremiah 48:7

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 (translated "gains") is not the same. The LXX (and so the Vulg.) rightly read but one substantive (omitting "works"), and render, from what was doubtless the original form of the Heb., strongholds. "Works" is a later insertion referring to Chemosh. So Co. For "work" in the sense of an idol cp. Deuteronomy 4:28 and elsewhere. The exile of a people was considered to involve that of their deity. For Chemosh's captivity cp. Isaiah 46:1 f., and for the latter part of the v., Amos 1:15.

Chemosh the object of Moab's national worship (Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:7). If the godis powerless to prevent his own captivity, what chance is there for the people?.