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Jeremiah 48:24-41
24uponH5921 KeriothH7152H5921, BozrahH1224H5921, and allH3605 the townsH5892 of MoabH776H4124, those farH7350 and nearH7138.
25The hornH7161 of MoabH4124 has been cut offH1438,and his armH2220 is brokenH7665,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.26“Make him drunkH7937,becauseH3588 he has magnified himselfH1431 againstH5921 the LORDH3068;so MoabH4124 will wallowH5606 in his own vomitH6892,and heH1931 will alsoH1571 becomeH1961 a laughingstockH7814.27WasH1961 notH3808 IsraelH3478 your object of ridiculeH7814?Was he ever foundH4672 among thieves?ForH3588 wheneverH1767 you speak of himH1697you shake your headH5110.
28AbandonH5800 the townsH5892 and settleH7931 among the rocksH5553,O dwellersH3427 of MoabH4124!BeH1961 like a doveH3123that nestsH7077 atH5676 the mouthH6310 of a caveH6354.29We have heardH8085 of Moab’sH4124 pomposityH1347,his exceedingH3966 prideH1343 and conceitH1363,his proudH1347 arroganceH1346 and haughtinessH7312 of heartH3820.30IH589 knowH3045 his insolenceH5678,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,“but it is futileH3808H3651.His boastingH907 is as emptyH3808 asH3651 his deedsH6213.
31ThereforeH5921H3651 I will wailH3213 forH5921 MoabH4124;I will cry outH2199 for allH3605 of MoabH4124;I will moanH1897 forH413 the menH582 of Kir-heresH7025.132I will weepH1058 for you, O vineH1612 of SibmahH7643,more than I weepH1065 for JazerH3270.Your tendrilsH5189 have extendedH5674 to the seaH3220;2they reachH5060 even toH5704 JazerH3270.3The destroyerH7703 has descendedH5307onH5921 your summer fruitH7019H5921 and grape harvestH1210.33JoyH8057 and gladnessH1524 are removedH622 from the orchardH3759and from the fieldsH776 of MoabH4124.I have stoppedH7673 the flow of wineH3196 from the pressesH3342;no oneH3808 treads themH1869 with shouts of joyH1959;their shoutsH1959 are notH3808 for joyH1959.
34There is a cryH2201 from HeshbonH2809 toH5704 ElealehH500;they raiseH5414 their voicesH6963 toH5704 JahazH3096,from ZoarH6820 toH5704 HoronaimH2773 and Eglath-shelishiyahH5697H7992;forH3588 evenH1571 the watersH4325 of NimrimH5249 have dried upH1961H4923.
35In MoabH4124, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068,I will bring an endH7673to those who make offeringsH5927 on the high placesH1116and burn incenseH6999 to their godsH430.36ThereforeH5921H3651 My heartH3820 lamentsH1993 like a fluteH2485 for MoabH4124;it lamentsH1993 like a fluteH2485 forH413 the menH582 of Kir-heresH7025,becauseH5921H3651 the wealthH3502 they acquiredH6213 has perishedH6.
37ForH3588 everyH3605 headH7218 is shavedH7144and everyH3605 beardH2206 is clippedH1639;onH5921 everyH3605 handH3027 is a gashH1417,and aroundH5921 every waistH4975 is sackclothH8242.38OnH5921 allH3605 the rooftopsH1406 of MoabH4124and in the public squaresH7339,everyoneH3605 is mourningH4553;forH3588 I have shatteredH7665 MoabH4124 like an unwantedH369H2656 jarH3627,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.39“HowH349 shatteredH2865 it is! How they wailH3213!HowH349 MoabH4124 has turnedH6437 his backH6203 in shameH954!MoabH4124 has becomeH1961 an object of ridiculeH7814 and horrorH4288to all thoseH3605 around himH5439.”
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 48:31 Kir-heres is a variant of Kir-hareseth; also in verse 36; see Isaiah 16:7. ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea ↩
- 3. Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts to the Sea of Jazer ↩
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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