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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-13

We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab's destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel (Jer. 48:1), who will herein plead the cause of his Israel against a people that have always been vexatious to them, and will punish them now for the injuries done to Israel of old, though Israel was forbidden to meddle with them (Deut. 2:9), therefore the destruction of Moab is called the work of the Lord (Jer. 48:10), for it is he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... The prophecy concerning Moab is introduced with these epithets of God, partly to observe that the God of Israel was the only true God, in opposition to the gods of Moab, and other nations; and partly to point out his omnipotence, being able to perform what he here predicts and threatens; as also to suggest, that for the enmity of the Moabites to his people Israel, and their contempt of them, which is taken notice of in this... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-47

1 . Jeremiah 48:29-38 recur in Isaiah 16:6-10 ; Isaiah 15:4 , Isaiah 15:5 , Isaiah 15:6 ; Isaiah 16:12 , Isaiah 16:11 ; Isaiah 15:2 , Isaiah 15:3 ; not, indeed, without many peculiarities, and those peculiarities are so striking, and so little in harmony with Jeremiah's usual mode of using his predecessor's writings, that some have held that verses 29-38 were inserted by one of Jeremiah's readers. 2 . Verses 43, 44 so closely resemble Isaiah 24:17 , Isaiah 24:18 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:1-47

The judgment of Moab. As the prophet's "eye in a fine frenzy rolling" sees the flood of the Chaldean invasion sweeping over one after another of the nations, his words flash out in pictures full of energy and fire. If this world's calamities are thus terrible, how shall the awful realities of eternity be contemplated? Why should some of us be so shocked at the strong language of preachers? Strange and fanatical as it may appear, the fury of a Knox is more consonant with much of life and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab - Concerning Moab.Is confounded - Is brought to shame.Misgab - The high fort; some special fortress, probably Kir-haraseth 2 Kings 3:25. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 48:1

Jeremiah 48:1. Against Moab Hebrew, למואב , To, or, concerning Moab, thus saith the Lord of hosts This prophecy concerning the Moabites, as also the following which respect the Ammonites, Edomites, and other neighbouring nations, are supposed to have been fulfilled during the siege of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar: see note on Jeremiah 47:1. Many expressions and passages are found in this chapter which Jeremiah seems to have borrowed from a prophecy of Isaiah, chap. 15., and 16., concerning a... read more

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