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Jeremiah 48:2

Heshbon. Now Hesban. The capital of Sihon king of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reubenites (Numbers 32:37. Compare Joshua 13:17).

devised. counselled. Note Figure of speech Paronomasia. Heshbon, hashbu.

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

be cut down. be reduced to silence.

Madmen. Now Umm Deineh,. town in Moab twelve miles N. E. of Dibon.

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See also Jeremiah 48:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 48:2. _NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB_] "The glory of Moab, that it had never been conquered," (_Dahler_,) is now at an end. Dr. _Blayney_ translates: - "Moab shall have no more glorying in He...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB - literally, “The glory of Moab is no more,” i. e., Moab has no more cause for boasting. HESHBON - This town now belonged to the Ammonites Jeremiah 49:3 but was on the border....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in Heshbon they have devised_ There is a play on the two Hebrew words thus rendered (_b"Ḥeshbon ḥash'bu_) which might be represented in English by _in Devizes they have devised_. Heshbon, one of the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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;...

  • 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

    There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue the...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    48:2 praise (g-2) Or 'exultation.' devised (h-10) A play on words. _ B'Heshbon hashbu_ ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HESHBON] an Ammonite town on the border of Moab, where the Chaldean invaders would lay their final plans. MADMEN] a place unknown....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB. — The self-glorifying boasts of Moab (of which the Moabite Inscription discovered at Dibân in 1868 is a conspicuous instance, see Ginsburg’s _Moabite Stone_ and...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵ֣ין עֹוד֮ תְּהִלַּ֣ת מֹואָב֒ בְּ חֶשְׁבֹּ֗ון...

  • 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

    [There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; (b) come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, (c) O Madmen; the sword shall...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hesebon, at the foot of Phasga, and one of the strongest cities. --- Shalt. Hebrew, "shall Medemena hold her peace." (Calmet) --- "Thou shalt be cut down, O madmen." (Haydock) --- It signifies "silen...

  • 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

    The Prophet, as before, does not speak in an ordinary way, but declares in lofty terms what God had committed to him, in order that he might terrify the Moabites; not indeed that they heard his threat...

  • 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

    [THERE SHALL BE] NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB,.... It shall be no more commended for a rich, populous, and fruitful country, being now laid waste; though the next phrase, IN HESHBON, or "concerning Heshbon...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Jeremiah 48:2 [There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword...

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

    _There shall be no more praise of Moab_ The glory of Moab shall be contemned, as Isaiah speaks, Isaiah 16:14. Every thing for which it was famous shall be destroyed. _In Heshbon they have devised evil...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    There shall be no more praise of Moab, literally, "Not is there any more boasting of Moab," that is, Moab no longer has cause for praising herself; IN HESHBON THEY HAVE DEVISED EVIL AGAINST IT, this a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CUT DOWN: Or, be brought to silence PURSUE THEE: _ Heb._ go after thee...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HESHBON was formerly the city of Sihon, NUMBERS 21:26; it became afterward one of the principal cities of the Moabites, as appeareth from ISAIAH 15:4; which maketh the learned author of our English An...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 48:2 praise H8416 Moab H4124 Heshbon H2809 devised H2803 (H8804) evil H7451 Come H3212 (H8798) off...

  • 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...

  • 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 48:2 HESHBON was northeast of Mount Nebo. ⇐ ⇔...

  • 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

    Esther 3:8; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 16:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Heshbon — Heshbon was one of the principal cities of the Moabites. Probably the enemies sat there in counsel, when they had taken it, against the other parts of the country....

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