Jeremiah 48:13 NLT

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:13

Israel was ashamed of Beth-el - After Salmaneser had carried Israel away, they could trust no longer in the calf of Bethel established by Jeroboam. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 48:13-17

Jeremiah 48:13-17. And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, &c. They shall be disappointed in their expectations of succour from their tutelary idol, as the ten tribes have been in the trust they reposed in the calf they worshipped at Bethel. Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities The words out of are not in the Hebrew; therefore some render this clause, Moab is spoiled, and the cities to which she ascended; that is, those situated on high eminences. All ye that are about... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-47

A message concerning Moab (48:1-47)Moab was one nation that tried to form an alliance with Judah against Babylon (see 27:1-3). Moab will now suffer Babylon’s anger. Jeremiah pictures the scene: the land devastated, fortresses smashed, cities destroyed, people crying out in distress, refugees fleeing from the invading armies (48:1-6).Chemosh, Moab’s national god, cannot save the nation. Rather, it will be taken into captivity along with Moab’s civil and religious leaders. The towns of Moab will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 48:13

as = according as. the house of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 2:4 . The last occurrence in Jeremiah. Beth-el. Reference to the calves of Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:29 . Hosea 10:5 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:13

13. ashamed—have the shame of disappointment as to the hopes they entertained of aid from Chemosh, their idol. Beth-el— (1 Kings 12:27; 1 Kings 12:29) —that is, the golden calf set up there by Jeroboam. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 48:11-17

2. The complacency of Moab 48:11-17The emphasis in the next section of the oracle is on the end of Moab’s complacency. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 48:12-13

However, the days would come when the Lord would upset Moab’s complacency. He would send judgment, pictured in terms of foreign "tilters" who would decant her wine, prepare it for distribution, and destroy its casks. Then Moab would be disillusioned with Chemosh for not protecting her, even as Israel had been ashamed of the idols she had worshipped at Bethel. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:1-47

Against MoabMoab, 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 Isaiah 15, 16.1. Nebo] not the mountain, but the Reubenite town (Numbers 32:38), which had been annexed by Mesha, king of Moab (about 895 b.c.), according to the ’Moabite Stone ’records. Several places mentioned in this chapter have not been certainly identified. 2. Heshbon] an Ammonite town on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 48:13

(13) Beth-el their confidence.—The name of the sanctuary stands for the golden calf that was worshipped there as the symbol of Jehovah (1 Kings 12:29; Amos 7:10). That worship had been put to shame in the captivity of the Ten Tribes. So also should it be with the Chemosh-worship of Moab. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-47

CHAPTER XIXMOABJeremiah 48:1-47"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 Israeland I took itand I took from it the vessels of Jehovah, and offered them before Chemosh."-MOABITE STONE."Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days."- Jeremiah 48:47THE prophets show a very keen interest in Moab. With the exception of the very short Book of Joel, all the prophets who... read more