"O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth."
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Verse Jeremiah 48:28. _DWELL IN THE ROCK_] Go to the most inaccessible
places in the mountains.
_THE HOLE'S MOUTH._] And into the most secret eaves and holes of the
earth....
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DWELL IN THE ROCK - See Jeremiah 4:29. The sole chance of escape is
refuge in inaccessible fastnesses.
IN THE SIDES ... - On the further side “of the mouth of the pit.”
The wild rock pigeon invariabl...
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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 on account of its prid...
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Enumeration of the cities which are to suffer (Jeremiah 48:20). The
strength of Moab is destroyed, and Moab is become drunken (with the
cup of Yahweh, Jeremiah 25:15), an object of present derision, a...
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See introd. summary to the ch....
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IN THE SIDES OF THE HOLE'S MOUTH— _By the sides of the pit's mouth:_
that is, on the edge of the precipice. The mouth of the pit is the
same as the brink of destruction; the pit or grave yawning wide,...
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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 t...
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and
be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's
mouth.
BE LIKE THE DOVE THAT MAKETH HER NEST IN THE SIDES OF...
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48:28 mouth. (e-28) See Isaiah 16:6-10 ....
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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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O YE THAT DWELL IN MOAB... — The general thought is the same as in
Jeremiah 48:6; Jeremiah 48:9, but is more vivid as being more
specific. The Moabites are to leave their cities and take refuge in
the...
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עִזְב֤וּ עָרִים֙ וְ שִׁכְנ֣וּ בַּ †
סֶּ֔לַע יֹשְׁבֵ֖י מֹואָ֑ב וִֽ הְי֣וּ
כְ יֹונָ֔ה תְּקַנֵּ֖ן...
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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 Israelan...
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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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_Place. Seek for shelter in the caverns and highest mountains.
(Haydock)_...
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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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Here Jeremiah denounces exile on the Moabites; as though he had said,
that such would be the desolation of their land, that they would be
forced as wanderers to flee here and there. That he bids them...
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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...
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O YE THAT DWELL IN MOAB, LEAVE THE CITIES, AND DWELL IN THE ROCK,....
Signifying hereby that they would not be in safety in their strongest
and most fortified cities, which would be besieged by the en...
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and
be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's
mouth.
Ver. 28. _And be like the dove._] That is glad to creep...
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_Ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities_ The walls of which will not
be sufficient to defend you from the sword of the enemy. _And dwell in
the rock_ Hide yourselves in the rocks and caverns of your...
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Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall...
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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 re...
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Still the prophet speaks of the Moabites as a people whose armies were
routed, and calls to them to leave their houses in cities, not
promising themselves any security, either to or from their houses,...
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Jeremiah 48:28 dwell H3427 (H8802) Moab H4124 Leave H5800 (H8798)
cities H5892 dwell H7931 (H8798) rock H5553 dove H3123 nest H7077
(H8762) sides H5676 caves H6354 mouth H6310
leave - Jeremiah 48:9;...
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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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_Dwell in the rock, and be like the dove._
DOVE AND ROCK
I. God shows much compassion not only to friends but to foes.
1. It is for Moab--guilty, apostate, persecuting Moab--that God
expresses all...
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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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1 Samuel 13:6; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 49:16; Judges 6:2;
Obadiah 1:3; Obadiah 1:4; Psalms 55:6; Psalms 55:7; Song of Solomon
2:14
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O ye — Still the prophet speaks of the Moabites, as a people whose
armies were routed, and calls to them to leave their houses in cities,
not promising themselves any security, either to or from their...