Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 48:1-13
1Concerning MoabH4124, this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559:
“WoeH1945 toH413 NeboH5015,forH3588 it will be devastatedH7703.KiriathaimH7156 will be capturedH3920 and disgracedH954;the fortressH4869 will be shatteredH2865 and dismantledH954.2There is noH369 longerH5750 praiseH8416 for MoabH4124;in HeshbonH28091 they deviseH2803 evilH7451 against herH5921:‘ComeH1980, let us cut her offH3772 from nationhoodH1471.’
You tooH1571, O people of MadmenH4086,2 will be silencedH1826;the swordH2719 will pursueH310 youH1980.3A voiceH6963 cries outH6818 from HoronaimH2773:‘DevastationH7701 and greatH1419 destructionH7667!’4MoabH4124H8085 will be shatteredH7665;her littleH6810 ones will cry outH2201.3
5ForH3588 on the ascentH4608 to LuhithH3872they weepH1065 bitterlyH1065 as they goH5927,andH3588 on the descentH4174 to HoronaimH2773criesH6818 of distressH6862 resoundH8085over the destructionH7667:6‘FleeH5127! RunH4422 for your livesH5315!BecomeH1961 like a juniperH6176 in the desertH4057.4’
7BecauseH3282 you trustH982 in your worksH4639 and treasuresH214,youH859 tooH1571 will be capturedH3920,and ChemoshH3645 will goH3318 into exileH1473withH3162 his priestsH3548 and officialsH8269.8The destroyerH7703 will moveH935 againstH413 everyH3605 cityH5892,and notH3808 one townH5892 will escapeH4422.The valleyH6010 will also be ruinedH6,and the high plainH4334 will be destroyedH8045,asH834 the LORDH3068 has saidH559.
9PutH5414 saltH6731 on MoabH4124,forH3588 she will be laid wasteH5323H3318;5her citiesH5892 will becomeH1961 desolateH8047,with no oneH369 to dwellH3427 in them.10CursedH779 is the one who is remissH7423in doingH6213 the workH4399 of the LORDH3068,and cursed isH779 he who withholdsH4513his swordH2719 from bloodshedH1818.
11MoabH4124 has been at easeH7599 from youthH5271,settledH8252H1931 like wineH413 on its dregsH8105;he has notH3808 been pouredH7324 from vesselH3627 toH413 vesselH3627or goneH1980 into exileH1473.SoH5921H3651 his flavorH2940 has remained the sameH5975,and his aromaH7381 is unchangedH3808H4171.12ThereforeH3651 beholdH2009, the daysH3117 are comingH935,declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,when I will sendH7971 to him wanderersH6808,who will pour him outH6808.They will emptyH7324 his vesselsH3627and shatterH5310 his jarsH5035.13Then MoabH4124 will be ashamedH954 of ChemoshH3645,just asH834 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 was ashamedH954when they trusted inH4009 BethelH1008.
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot. ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for silenced. ↩
- 3. Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; LXX her cries are heard as far away as Zoar ↩
- 4. Jeremiah 48:6 Or like a wild donkey or like Aroer ↩
- 5. Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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