REVIEW OF CHAPTER EIGHTEEN I. Facts to Master 1. The names of the eight nations concerning which Jeremiah has a message from the Lord in Chapter s 46-49. 2. The following facts about the great battle of Carchemish: (a) the location of Carchemish; (b) the commander of the losing army; (c) the co... [ Continue Reading ]
A. Advancing Devastation Jeremiah 48:1-6 TRANSLATION (1) Concerning Moab: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, is captured; Misgab is put to shame and confounded. (2) The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have plot... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the mountains of Moab and was of great strategic importance in antiquity. In times of political decli... [ Continue Reading ]
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 his princes together. (8) And the destroyer shall come upon every city and no city shall escape. T... [ Continue Reading ]
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; therefore, his taste remains in him and his aroma has not changed. (12) Therefore, behold, days are co... [ Continue Reading ]
D. Complete Degradation Jeremiah 48:18-28 TRANSLATION (18) Go down from your glory! Sit in thirst, O delicate daughter of Dibon; for the destroyer of Moab has gone up against you; he will destroy your fortifications. (19) Stand by the way and watch, O inhabitress of Aroer! Ask the fleeing man and t... [ Continue Reading ]
E. Abhorrent Exaltation Jeremiah 48:29-30 TRANSLATION (29) We have heard of the pride of Moab, so very proud; his loftiness and his pride, his arrogancy and the haughtiness of his heart. (30) I know (oracle of the LORD) his insolence. His boasts are empty, he is not able to perform them. COMMENTS... [ Continue Reading ]
F. Bitter Lamentation Jeremiah 48:31-38 TRANSLATION (31) Therefore, I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out for all of Moab, and I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. (32) With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea, they reached un... [ Continue Reading ]
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 those round about! (10) For thus says the LORD: Be-hold, he shall fly as an eagle and spread his wings e... [ Continue Reading ]
H. Ultimate Salvation Jeremiah 48:47 TRANSLATION (47) But I will reverse the fortunes of Moab in the latter days (oracle of the LORD). Thus far is the judgment of Moab. COMMENTS A note of hope is appended to the prophecy of doom against Moab. In the latter days, the New Testament age, God, becaus... [ Continue Reading ]