Jeremiah 48:40 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 48:40-44

Jeremiah 48:40-44. Behold, he shall fly as an eagle Conquerors are often compared to eagles and other birds of prey; and the encamping of their armies is represented by the spreading of the wings of such fowls. The mighty men’s hearts shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs They shall be dismayed at the apprehension of the evils that are coming upon them, and shall lose their wonted courage and resolution. Moab shall be destroyed from being a people From being a nation or... 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 48:40

he = one (not named): Nebuchadnezzar understood. shall fly. Codex Oriental, 2091 (British Museum), reads "shall ascend"; but the Massorah ( App-30 ) has a note, saying "according to other codices, it is fly" (vol, 167a). as an eagle. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:40

DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION"For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah. He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:40

40. he—Nebuzara-dan, the captain of Nebuchadnezzar. as . . . eagle—not to bear them "on eagles' wings" (Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11; Deuteronomy 32:12), as God does His people, but to pounce on them as a prey (Jeremiah 49:22; Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 48:40

Yahweh affirmed that, like a swift eagle (or vulture), Moab’s destroyer would descend on her. This was a fit figure for Nebuchadnezzar (cf. Jeremiah 49:22; Deuteronomy 28:49). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 48:40-47

5. The end of Moab 48:40-47The final section of the oracle stresses the full end of Moab. 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 48:40

(40) He shall fly as an eagle . . .—The image, as in Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 46:11; Ezekiel 17:3, was the natural symbol of a fierce invader, probably, in this case, of Nebuchadnezzar. Here it receives a fresh vividness from the previous comparison of Moab to the dove that had its nest in the clefts of the rock. The verse is reproduced in Jeremiah 49:22, in reference to Edom. 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