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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
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Moab's pride is without foundation, doomed to a fall which the prophet
laments; comparing the past glory with the far-reaching tendrils of a
choice vine (Jeremiah 48:32). There is no longer the joy of...
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_broken down_ See on Jeremiah 48:1....
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See introd. summary to the ch. The passage may contain some Jeremianic
matter, but on the whole is late (see also on Jeremiah 48:37) and
borrowed to a large extent from Is. 15., 16. (chs. which are pe...
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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...
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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
thos...
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They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned
the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to
all them about him.
HOW IS IT BROKEN DOWN. "It" - i:e., Moa...
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48:39 howl, (b-2) Or 'Howl.'...
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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...
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THEY SHALL HOWL, SAYING, HOW IS IT BROKEN DOWN! — Better, taking the
words in the Hebrew order, _How is she broken down! How do they howl!_
In the word “derision” we have the emphatic iteration of the...
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אֵ֥יךְ חַ֨תָּה֙ הֵילִ֔ילוּ אֵ֛יךְ
הִפְנָה ־עֹ֥רֶף...
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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...
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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...
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_Bowed. Septuagint and Chaldean, "turned his back."_...
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It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely
into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it
would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furth...
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The Prophet still speaks in the person of others, and according to
their feelings and not his own. He then says, that _howling_, they
would say, through wonder, _How is it that Moab has been so broken...
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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...
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THEY SHALL HOWL, [SAYING], HOW IS IT BROKEN DOWN?.... Or, "how is it
broken" or "thrown into consternation p? they howl"; that is, they
howl out these words, or, while they are howling, say, how is Ki...
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They shall howl, [saying], How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned
the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to
all them about him.
Ver. 39. _How hath Moab turned the back...
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_From the cry of Heshbon_ When Heshbon was taken by the enemy, the cry
of the inhabitants reached as far as Elealeh and Jahaz: the same was
likewise heard from Zoar to Horonaim. _As a heifer of three...
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Jeremiah 48:29 ; JEREMIAH 48:39. _We have heard the pride of Moab_ The
several synonymous terms made use of in this verse are meant to
express the great pride and insolence of Moab. Though some of the...
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They shall howl, literally, "How is it broken!" SAYING, HOW IS IT
BROKEN DOWN! HOW HATH MOAB TURNED THE BACK WITH SHAME! no longer proud
and insolent, but utterly broken in spirit. SO SHALL MOAB BE A...
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LAMENTATION OVER MOAB...
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BACK:
_ Heb._ neck...
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14-47. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them
by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a
personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In r...
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Those that formerly lived in Moab, when it was in its glory, shall
lament to see how the case is altered with it, that all its glory is
broken down, and they that were wont to conquer their enemies tu...
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Jeremiah 48:39 wail H3213 (H8685) down H2865 (H8804) Moab H4124 turned
H6437 (H8689) back H6203 shame...
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THE COMING JUDGMENT ON MOAB AND ITS FINAL RESTORATION (JEREMIAH
48:39).
In its pride Moab considered itself invulnerable and well able to take
care of itself. It exalted its own god, Chemosh, above YH...
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A LAMENT OVER MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:29).
The fate of Moab is very much linked with its overweening pride. It
tended to be out of the way of invaders from the north who would use
the coastal route, and aft...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 26:16; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 48:17; Jeremiah 48:26;...