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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:3

Verse 3 By naming many cities, he shews that the whole land was doomed to ruin, so that no corner of it would be exempt from destruction. For the Moabites might have suffered some loss without much injury had they been moderately chastised; but the Prophet shews that they would be so reduced by the power of Nebuchadnezzar, that ruin would extend to every part of the land. We now then see why this catalogue of the cities is given. By the voice of crying he means howling, a loud lamentation,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:4

Verse 4 The Prophet speaks again generally of the whole country. It is said that the land of Moab was afflicted; not that it was so then; but to make certain the prophecy, he speaks of the event as having already taken place; for the prophets, as it is well known, speaking in the person of God, relate things as yet hidden, as though they had been completed. He says that the little ones of Moab so cried as to be heard. (5) This is much more emphatic than if he had said that men and women cried... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:5

Verse 5 Here Jeremiah uses another figure, that the weeping would be everywhere heard in the ascent to Luhith. It is probable, and it appears from the Prophet’s words, that this city was situated on a high place. He then says, that men would go up with weeping in the ascent to Luhith; literally, In (or with) weeping shall weeping ascend But some read as though it were written בכה, beke, weeping; nor is there a doubt but that the verb יעלה, iole, refers to a person. But Jeremiah seems to have... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:6

Verse 6 Then he adds, Flee, save: this is the crying of distress; for miserable men, as the case is in extreme evils, mutually exhort one another, Flee, save your lives He then compares them to a tamarisk. The word ערוער,oruor, designates a country, as it is probable, and there were also two cities of this name. However, ערער, oror, is a tamarisk, as we have already seen in Jeremiah 17:6. Some render it, “a tower;” and the words of Isaiah in Isaiah 17:2, are perverted by some to maintain... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:7

Verse 7 Jeremiah assigns here the reason why God would take vengeance on the Moabites; but we shall hereafter see other reasons why God had been so much displeased with them. Let us then know that we are not here taught avowedly why God determined to lay waste and destroy the land of Moab; for there is here but one reason given, while there were others and greater ones, even because they had wantonly exulted over the miseries of the Jews, because they had conspired against them, because they... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:8

Verse 8 He confirms the previous verse; nor ought he to be deemed too wordy, for this prophecy was not announced, that it might cherish the hope and patience of the faithful only for a few days; but it was necessary for them to rest dependent for a long time on this promise, which God had given them many years before. This, then, is the reason why the Prophet confirms at large a truth in itself sufficiently clear. Come, he says, shall a waster to all the cities It now appears more clearly why... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:9

Verse 9 Here is a bitter derision; for it was necessary not only to goad the Moabites, but also to pierce them through, because they were inflated with so much pride, and also because they cruelly raged against God’s people, as we shall more fully see hereafter. When the Israelites were conquered, these ungodly men cast forth their taunts, and also betrayed them to their enemies. Hence the Prophet now says, Give wings to Moab Though the word ציף, tsits, properly means a flower, yet it means... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:10

Verse 10 The Prophet here encourages the Chaldeans to severity, so as to make no end until they destroyed that nation. We have said that the prophets assumed different characters, so that what they said might be more impressive. The Chaldeans were not indeed the disciples of Jeremiah; nor was this exhortation intended for them, but that the Israelites might know that what they heard from the mouth of Jeremiah was certain. He then turns to address the Chaldeans; as he before spoke to any who... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab; rather, concerning Moab. Nebo ! Not, of course, the mountain range referred to in Deuteronomy 32:49 and Deuteronomy 32:34 . I as that from which Hoses viewed the land destined for Israel, but a town in the neighbourhood, deriving its name, not from the mountain,but from the same old Semitic (and not merely Babylonian) deity. Kiriathaim . "The double city." A place of uncertain situation, but probably in the same district as Nebo; mentioned in Genesis 14:5 , as the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-8

The prophet foresees the calamity of Moab, and the attendant confusion and dismay. Yes; flee, save your lives, if ye can; for your confidences have proved untrustworthy; there is no hope left. read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-8

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