"From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.i"
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Verse Jeremiah 48:34. AS _A HEIFER OF THREE YEARS OLD_] Which runs
lowing from place to place in search of her calf, which is lost or
taken from her....
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The meaning is that, taking up the lamentation of Heshbon, the
Moabites break forth into a wail, heard as far as Elealeh, scarcely
two miles distant Numbers 32:37, but thence spreading over the land t...
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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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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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FROM THE CRY, &C. or, on hearing Heshbon _'_. mournful cry.
ELEALEH. Now _el 'Al,_. ruin near Heshbon.
JAHAZ.. town in Reuben. Not yet identified.
ZOAR. Now _Tell esh Shughur,_ on the south side of...
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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 t...
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From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have
they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer
of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be de...
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48:34 Eglath-shelishijah. (a-21) See Isaiah 15:5 ....
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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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FROM THE CRY OF HESHBON... — Elealeh (now _El-Al_) and Heshbon (now
_Hesbân_) were about two miles apart. The panic-cry of the one city
was echoed in the other; it reached even to Jahaz (see Note on
J...
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מִ זַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבֹּ֜ון עַד
־אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה עַד ־יַ֨הַץ֙ נָתְנ֣וּ
קֹולָ֔ם מִ צֹּ֨עַר֙ עַד ־חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם
עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁ
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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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From the cry of Heshbon [even] to Elealeh, [and even] to Jahaz, have
they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] to Horonaim, [as] an (t)
heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall...
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_As a. Literally, "the heifer;" a title of Oronaim, which was proud
and ungovernable. (Haydock) --- Hebrew also, "from Agelah to Salisa;
the," &c. --- Bad; abandoned, Isaias xv. 6. (Calmet)_...
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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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He continues the same subject; and by many and various expressions
confirms the same thing, in order that the faithful might know that
the destruction of the Moabites was really foretold, and that the...
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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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FROM THE CRY OF HESHBON [EVEN] UNTO ELEALEH,.... Two cities in the
land of Moab; of which see Isaiah 15:4. Heshbon being destroyed, a cry
was made by the inhabitants of it, which either reached from t...
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From the cry of Heshbon [even] unto Elealeh, [and even] unto Jahaz,
have they uttered their voice, from Zoar [even] unto Horonaim, [as] an
heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shal...
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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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Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall...
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DESOLATE:
_ Heb._ desolations...
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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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AN HEIFER OF THREE YEARS OLD. See ISAIAH 15:5. HESHBON, and ELEALEH,
and JAHAZ, and ZOAR, and HORONAIM, were all cities of Moab, who are
here all threatened with ruin; with the country about _Nimrim_;...
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Jeremiah 48:34 cry H2201 Heshbon H2809 Elealeh H500 Jahaz H3096
uttered H5414 (H8804) voice H6963 Zoar H6820 Horonaim H2773
three-year-old H7992 heifer H5697 waters H4325 Nimrim H5249 desolate
H4923...
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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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Deuteronomy 34:3; Isaiah 15:4; Isaiah 15:5; Isaiah 15:6; Jeremiah
48:2; Jeremiah 48:21; Jeremiah 48:3; Jeremiah 48:5; Numbers 32:3; Numb