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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully ,.... Which is said with respect to the Chaldeans, who were enjoined to destroy the Moabites; which is called the work of the Lord, because he had given them a commission to do it; and which was to be done by them, not by halves, or in a remiss and negligent manner, but fully and faithfully; they were not to spare them, as Saul did the Amalekites, and Ahab Benhadad. This is a general rule, which may be applied to all divine work and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab - This was delivered some time after the destruction of Jerusalem. The Moabites were in the neighborhood of the Ammonites, and whatever evils fell on the one would naturally involve the other. See Isaiah 15:1-9 ; and Isaiah 16:1-14 ; on this same subject. Wo unto Nebo! for it is spoiled - This was a city in the tribe of Reuben, afterwards possessed by the Moabites. It probably had its name from Nebo, one of the principal idols of the Moabites. Kiriathaim - Another... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:2

No more praise of Moab - "The glory of Moab, that it had never been conquered," (Dahler), is now at an end. Dr. Blayney translates: - "Moab shall have no more glorying in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her (saying.)" And this most certainly is the best translation of the original. He has marked also a double paronomasia in this and the next verse, a figure in which the prophets delight; חשבו בחשבון becheshbon chashebu "in Cheshbon they have devised," and תדמי מדמן madmen... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:3

Horonaim - Another city of Moab, near to Luhith. At this latter place the hill country of Moab commenced. "It is a place," says Dahler, "situated upon a height between Areopolis and Zoar." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:6

Flee, save your lives - The enemy is in full pursuit of you. Be like the heath - כערוער caaroer , "like Aroer;" which some take for a city, others for a blasted or withered tree. It is supposed that a place of this name lay towards the north, in the land of the Ammonites, on a branch of the river Jabbok; surrounded by deserts. Save yourselves by getting into the wilderness, where the pursuing foe will scarcely think it worth his while to follow you, as the wilderness itself must soon... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:7

Chemosh shall go forth into captivity - The grand national idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29 ; Judges 11:24 . Ancient idolaters used to take their gods with them to the field of battle. This was probably in imitation of the Israelites, who took the ark with them in such cases. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:9

Give wings unto Moab - There is no hope in resistance, and to escape requires the speediest flight. I cannot conceive how Dahler came to translate thus: Tirez Moab par les chevaux , "Drag Moab away by the hair of the head." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully - Moab is doomed to destruction, and the Lord pronounces a curse on their enemies if they do not proceed to utter extirpation. God is the Author of life, and has a sovereign right to dispose of it as he pleases; and these had forfeited theirs long ago by their idolatry and other crimes. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:1

Verse 1 This prophecy is against the Moabites, who, though they derived their origin from Lot, and were of the same blood with the Israelites, had yet been inimical to them. This prophecy would be uninteresting, were we not to remember the history on which the application and use of what is said depends. We have said that the Moabites, as the father of their nation was Lot, were connected by blood with the Israelites; they ought then to have retained the recollection of their brotherhood, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:2

Verse 2 The Prophet, as before, does not speak in an ordinary way, but declares in lofty terms what God had committed to him, in order that he might terrify the Moabites; not indeed that they heard his threatenings, but it was necessary that he should denounce vengeance in this vehement manner, that the Jews might know that the cruelty and pride of the Moabites, hereafter mentioned, would not go unpunished. Hence he says, No more shall be the praise or the boasting of Moab over Heshbon We may... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:2

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