JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:1 The location of NEBO is uncertain; perhaps it was near Mount Nebo, 12 miles (19 km) east of the northernmost point of the Dead Sea. KIRIATHAIM was probably near Nebo. FORTRESS. One or both of the cities were fortresses that could house refugees from the countryside. Wh... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:2 HESHBON was northeast of Mount Nebo. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:3 HORONAIM. Location uncertain, perhaps in southwest Moab. If so, cities from north (vv. Jeremiah 48:1) to south have suffered in the invasion. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:5 ASCENT OF LUHITH. Perhaps in southern Moab on the way to Zoar. See Isaiah 15:5. DESCENT OF HORONAIM. Location unknown, but perhaps farther south than Luhith. See Isaiah 15:5. The contrast between ascent and descent means the CRY OF DESTRUCTION has reached the heights a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 INTO EXILE. Images of a defeated nation’s gods were often taken to the temples of the victorious nation (1 Samuel 5:1; Isaiah 46:1). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:8 DESTROYER. Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar defeated Moab c. 582 B.C. Every CITY and region, VALLEY and PLAIN was devastated. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:10 Babylon will do its work as God’s instrument of judgment (Jeremiah 27:1) with urgency, not laziness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:11 MOAB has survived many previous invasions (v. Jeremiah 48:9). Thus, Moab has become complacent and SETTLED ON HIS DREGS (Zephaniah 1:12), like wine allowed to age. Moab produced wine (Isaiah 16:8), so the comparison is appropriate. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:12 POUR HIM... BREAK HIS JARS. Babylon will empty Moab like one pours wine from a jar. It will smash Moab like one smashes and disposes of old jars (Jeremiah 13:12; Jeremiah 19:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images. [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:13 ASHAMED OF CHEMOSH. Because this god cannot save (Jeremiah 10:1). ASHAMED OF BETHEL. At Bethel, Jeroboam I established one of his chief high places in his new religion (1 Kings 12:25). Worship there was part of the reason God judged ISRAEL (2 Kings 17:9). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:15 See Jeremiah 46:18. The LORD is the KING of all nations. Even Babylon must obey him (see Jeremiah 27:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:16 NEAR AT HAND. See v. Jeremiah 48:8. MOAB had only a few years to change its ways. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:20 The fleeing ones explain that Moab IS BROKEN (v. Jeremiah 48:12). The ARNON is a river just south of Aroer (v. Jeremiah 48:19). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:21 All of Moab’s cities are lost in this JUDGMENT time. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:26 DRUNK. By drinking the cup of God’s wrath (Jeremiah 25:15). WALLOW IN HIS VOMIT. See Jeremiah 25:27. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:29 THE PRIDE OF MOAB. See Isaiah 16:6. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:31 Compare Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 16:11. God mourns over the necessity of judging MOAB. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:33 The SHOUT OF JOY heard when new wine is made will be replaced by the SHOUTS of warriors (Jeremiah 25:30). See Isaiah 16:8. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:35 God’s judgment WILL BRING Moab’s idolatry TO AN END (see Isaiah 15:2, Isaiah 15:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:36 MY HEART MOANS. God mourns that Moab’s people will lose the possessions they spent a lifetime collecting. Though God in his justice brings righteous judgment against sinners and takes delight in the purity and holiness of his judgment, he also feels sorrow at the dest... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:40 SPREAD HIS WINGS AGAINST. Babylon will swoop down on Moab like a bird capturing prey (see Jeremiah 49:22; Lamentations 4:19; Ezekiel 17:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:42 MOAB... MAGNIFIED itself AGAINST THE LORD by failing to accept God’s word concerning Babylon’s role as a divine instrument of judgment. See Jeremiah 27:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:43 MOAB will be hunted down and captured like animals. See Isaiah 24:17; Lamentations 3:52; Amos 5:18. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i= [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:45 HOUSE OF SIHON. See Numbers 21:21. FOREHEAD... CROWN. Probably refers to Moab’s northern regions. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:47 God makes the same promise of restoration to MOAB that he did to Judah in Jeremiah 29:14. THE LATTER DAYS most likely refers to a time when Moabites will take refuge in the Messiah (see Jeremiah 49:6, Jeremiah 49:39; Isaiah 16:3). ⇐ [ Continue Reading ]