エレミヤ書 48:39-46 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 48:14-47

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it, but to affect us with the calamitous state of human life, which is liable to such lamentable occurrences, and with the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:39

They shall howl, saying , how is it broken down ?.... Or, "how is it broken" or "thrown into consternation F16 איך חתה "quomodo consternata est", Piscator, Schmidt. ? they howl"; that is, they howl out these words, or, while they are howling, say, how is Kirheres or Moab broken all to pieces; their strength, power, and glory; their cities, and their mighty men; and are in the utmost fright and confusion? Jarchi takes it to be an imperative, and paraphrases it, "howl ye over her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:40

For thus saith the Lord, behold, he shall fly as an eagle ,.... The enemy, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with his army; who is compared to an eagle for his strength, swiftness, and greediness after the prey: and shall spread his wings over Moab ; as an eagle spreads its wings, which are very large, over the little birds it seizes upon as its prey; so the king of Babylon would bring a numerous army against Moab, and spread it over his country. The Targum is, "behold, as all eagle... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:41

Kerioth is taken ,.... The name of a city in Moab, as in Jeremiah 48:24 ; so Jarchi, and others; but Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, that it may be taken for an appellative, and be rendered "the cities"; everyone of the cities of Moab, which were as easily and quickly taken as one city; these may intend the cities in the plain, as the strong holds those in high places: and the strong holds are surprised ; everyone of them; so that there was not a city, or a fortified place, but what came... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:42

And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people ,.... For some time, not always; since the captivity of Moab is promised to be returned, Jeremiah 48:47 ; or from being such a people as they had been, enjoying so much ease, wealth, power, and prosperity. Abarbinel takes it to be a comparative, and renders it, "more than a people"; that is, shall be destroyed more than any other people; but the former sense is best; because he hath magnified himself against the Lord ; the Targum is,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:43

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee ,.... A proverbial expression, showing, that if they escaped one danger, or sore judgment, they should fall into another and greater: the words seem to be taken from Isaiah 24:17 ; See Gill on Isaiah 24:17 ; O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord ; what in the prophecy of Isaiah is said of the inhabitants of the earth in general, is here applied to the inhabitants of Moab in particular. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:44

He that fleeth from the fear ,.... From terrible enemies he is afraid of, and dares not face them, but flees, in order to escape them: shall fall into the pit ; into some misfortune or another: and he that getteth out of the pit shall be taken in the snare ; laid by the enemy for him, and so shall fall into his hands. Sanctius very ingeniously observes that the allusion is to the hunting of deer, and such like creatures; when first a line of feathers of various colours is placed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:45

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force ,.... Heshbon was a strong city in the land of Moab, to which many of the Moabites betook themselves in this time of their calamity; thinking they should be sheltered, under the protection of it, from the fury of the Chaldean army; hither they fled, and here they stood, imagining they were safe, "because of the force"; because of the strength of the city of Heshbon, as Kimchi; or because of the force of their enemies, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:46

Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth ,.... The inhabitants of Moab, who worshipped the idol Chemosh; of which see Jeremiah 48:7 ; and so called his people, as Israel were called the people of the Lord; now these, notwithstanding their idol, whom they worshipped, and in whom they trusted, should perish; and sad and deplorable would be their condition and circumstances: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives ; this explains the woe that should... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:40

He shall fly as an eagle - The enemy will pounce upon him, carry him off, and tear him to pieces. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 48:14-47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 48:46

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 48:40

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