Jeremiah 48:11

Jeremiah 48:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
• New International Version (NIV)“Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another— she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has settled on his dregs, And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remained in him, And his scent has not changed.

Context of Jeremiah 48:11

9Dig a grave to bury Moab! Its land will become like a desert. Its cities will become heaps of stones. Nobody will live in them.’ 10The Lord will curse anyone who refuses to do his work! He will punish anyone who does not use his sword to kill his enemies! The Lord said, ‘Moab's people have lived in peace since they first became a nation. No enemy has taken them away to a foreign land as their prisoners. They have been like the wine in a bottle that nobody has moved. Nobody has poured it into another bottle, so its taste and smell have never changed. Moab has always been the same. 12But the time will soon come when I will send people to attack Moab. They will pour out Moab's people like somebody pours wine out of a bottle. They will pour out all the wine so that the bottles are empty. And they will break the bottles into pieces! 13Then Moab's people will be ashamed because their god Chemosh has not saved them. They will be like the Israelites who trusted in their idol at Bethel and they became ashamed.

Jeremiah 48:11 word by word

שַׁאֲנַ֨ן מוֹאָ֜ב מִנְּעוּרָ֗יו וְשֹׁקֵ֥ט הוּא֙ אֶל־שְׁמָרָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־הוּרַ֤ק מִכְּלִי֙ אֶל־כֶּ֔לִי וּבַגּוֹלָ֖ה לֹ֣א הָלָ֑ךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן עָמַ֤ד טַעְמוֹ֙ בּ֔וֹ וְרֵיח֖וֹ לֹ֥א נָמָֽר׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• hath been at easeשָׁאַןshâ'an · to restH7599
• from his youthנְעוּרִיםnâ‛ûr nâ‛ûr ne‛ûrâh · youthH5271
• and he hath settledשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• on his leesשֶׁ֫מֶרshemer · dregH8105
• and hath not been emptiedרִיקrûq · to emptyH7324
• from vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• neither hath he goneהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• into captivityגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473
• therefore his tasteטַ֫עַםţa‛am · tasteH2940
• remainedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in him, and his scentרֵיחַrêyach · aromaH7381
• is not changedמוּרmûr · to changeH4171

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:11

• Psalms 55:19God has always ruled everything as king. He will listen to me, and he will punish my enemies. Selah. They refuse to change their thoughts, and they do not respect God.
• Psalms 73:4Their bodies are fat and strong, and they feel no pain in their lives.
• Psalms 123:4We have had too much! Proud people laugh at us, and they do not respect us. Please stop them!
• Proverbs 1:32Silly people have turned away from me, and that will kill them. Fools like an easy life, and that will destroy them.
• Zechariah 1:15I am very angry with the countries that are safe and without danger. Those countries were too cruel to my people, when I was only a little angry with Jerusalem.”
• Isaiah 25:6The Lord Almighty will prepare a feast on this mountain. It will be a feast for all the nations of the world. It will be a great feast, with plenty of meat and wine. The best meat and the best wine will be there.
• Zephaniah 1:12‘At that time, I will look in all Jerusalem's dark corners. I will take lights with me. I will find the drunks and I will punish them. These people say in their minds, “The Lord will do neither good things nor bad things to us.”
• Jeremiah 51:34‘King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has destroyed us with his army. He has made us weak and confused. He has eaten us like a hungry monster. He has filled himself with all our good things. Then he spat us out of his mouth.’
• Isaiah 24:3The whole earth will become empty. Nothing will remain. The Lord has said that this punishment will certainly happen.
• Nahum 2:2Your soldiers have destroyed the great nations of Israel and Jacob. They have destroyed their fields and their vineyards. But, the Lord will make Israel and Jacob great again.
• Jeremiah 48:29We have heard that Moab's people are very proud. They think that they are better than everyone else. We know how much they boast.’
• Isaiah 16:6The people of Judah say, ‘We know how proud Moab's people are. We have heard how they boast about themselves. They think that they can do anything that they want. But all their pride is empty and useless!’
• Ezekiel 16:49Listen to me! This is the wicked thing that your sister Sodom did: She and her daughters were very proud. They had plenty of food to eat and they enjoyed life. But they did not help people who were poor and weak.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Moab hath been at ease - The metaphor here is taken from the mode of preserving wines. They let them rest upon their lees for a considerable time, as this improves them both in strength and flavour; and when this is sufficiently done, they rack, or pour them off into other vessels. Moab had been very little molested by war since he was a nation; he had never gone out of his own land. Though some had been carried away by Shalmaneser forty years before…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Moab from the time it conquered the Emims Deuteronomy 2:9-10, and so became a nation, had retained quiet possession of its land, and enjoyed comparative prosperity. From the Moabite Stone we gather that King Mesha, after the death of Ahab threw off the yoke of Israel; nor except for a short time under Jeroboam II was Israel able to bring the Moabites back into subjection. They gradually drove the Reubenites back, and recovered most of the territory taken…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Moab enjoyed a long history of peace and a culture its people valued greatly. Moab had many vineyards. After squeezing the grape juice, they stored the wine in clay flasks until it became fragrant and smooth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. settled on ... lees--(See on Is 25:6; Zep 1:12). As wine left to settle on its own lees retains its flavor and strength (which it would lose by being poured from one vessel into another), so Moab, owing to its never having been dislodged from its settlements, retains its pride of strength unimpaired. emptied from vessel, &c.--To make it fit for use, it used to be filtered from vessel to vessel. scent--retaining the image: the bouquet or perfume of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:11

• Confidence
• Lees
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Lees
• Plant
• Ease

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