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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Jeremiah 48:1

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In this Chapter Moab is called to account, and a long and trying account it is. The last verse, however, (and probably in allusion to the Gentiles given to Christ in Moab), closes with a gracious promise.

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See also Jeremiah 48:1 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XLVIII _The following prophecy concerning the Moabites is supposed to_ _have had its accomplishment during the long siege of Tyre in_ _the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. The whole of this chapter...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AGAINST MOAB - Concerning Moab. IS CONFOUNDED - Is brought to shame. MISGAB - The high fort; some special fortress, probably Kir-haraseth 2 Kings 3:25....

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE FORTY-FOURTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). Against. concerning. MOAB. Always hostile to Israel. Compare Judges 3:12, Jdg 3:28. 1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:2;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Moab_ Its territory was the high tableland E. of the Dead Sea. See further on Jeremiah 48:2. _Nebo_ not the mountain (Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1), but the city ...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AGAINST MOAB, &C.— The Moabites were in league with Zedekiah against Nebuchadnezzar: see chap. Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 27:9, &c. But they gave Israel no assistance against him. See Jeremiah 48:26. _Ne...

  • 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

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. It had taken part with the Cha...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    48:1 Misgab (f-27) Or 'the fortress.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NEBO] not the mountain, but the Reubenite town (Numbers 32:38), which had been annexed by Mesha, king of Moab (about 895 b.C.), according to the 'Moabite Stone 'records. Several places mentioned in th...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XLVIII. (1) AGAINST MOAB THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS... — Better, with a different punctuation, _Concerning Moab_ (this being the title of the section), _Thus saith the Lord of hosts._ In the long pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ מֹואָ֡ב כֹּֽה ־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות אֱ

  • 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

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe to (a) Nebo! for it is laid waste: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. (a) These were cities of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Moab. This people broke their covenant with Sedecias, yet were punished for having entered into it, five years after the taking of Jerusalem. (Josephus) (St. Jerome, in chap. xxv. 32.) --- The same wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This prophecy is against the Moabites, who, though they derived their origin from Lot, and were of the same blood with the Israelites, had yet been inimical to them. This prophecy would be uninteresti...

  • 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

    AGAINST MOAB THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... The prophecy concerning Moab is introduced with these epithets of God, partly to observe that the God of Israel was the only true God,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. Ver. 1. _Against Moab._] That...

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

    _Against Moab_ Hebrew, למואב, _To_, or, _concerning Moab, thus saith the Lord of hosts_ This prophecy concerning the Moabites, as also the following which respect the Ammonites, Edomites, and other ne...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Against Moab. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Woe unto Nebo! an important city in Southwestern Moabitis. FOR IT IS SPOILED, laid waste by the enemies; KIRIATHAIM, another ancient city...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MISGAB: Or, the high place...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JEREMIAH CHAPTER 48 The judgment of Moab, JEREMIAH 48:1, for their pride, JEREMIAH 48:7; for their security and human confidence, JEREMIAH 48:11; especially for their contempt of God, and insolence

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 48:1 Moab H4124 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 Woe H1945 Nebo...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 48:1 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....

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 20:10; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:2; Ezekiel 25:8; Genesis 19:37;...

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