Jeremiah 48:39-41

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:36-42

The description of Moab's lamentations continued. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:39

They shall howl , saying etc.; rather, How is it dismayed! ( how ) they wail! How hath Moab turned the back ashamed! Yea, Moab becometh, etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:40

He shall fly as an eagle; rather, he shall swoop (same word and figure in Deuteronomy 28:49 ). The subject is not named, but (as in Jeremiah 46:18 ) is Nebuchadnezzar. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:40-41

The Septuagint has a shorter form (see introduction to chapter). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 48:41

Kerioth is taken. Kerioth has been already mentioned in Jeremiah 48:24 (see note). Another possible rendering is, The cities are taken, and this certainly agrees better with the parallel line. But a plural of kiryah, a city, does not occur elsewhere. If the identification of Kerioth with Ar-moab, the capital of Moab, be accepted (see on Jeremiah 48:24 ), the equalization of Kerioth and "the strongholds" seems to be a stumbling block. Strongholds ; or, mountain fastnesses ( ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:39

Literally, “How is it broken down! they wail! How hath Moab tutored the back in shame! Yea, Moab is become a laughter and a terror Jeremiah 17:17 to all who are round about him.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:40

The rapid and irresistible attack of Nebuchadnezzar is compared to the impetuous dash of the eagle on its prey Deuteronomy 28:49. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 48:41

Surprised - captured by force. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 48:29-39

Jeremiah 48:29 ; Jeremiah 48:39. We have heard the pride of Moab The several synonymous terms made use of in this verse are meant to express the great pride and insolence of Moab. Though some of these terms are not found in the parallel passage, (Isaiah 16:6,) yet in the main they agree therewith; and “while they describe the overweening pride and haughtiness of Moab, and the intemperance of his rage, they intimate the small pretensions he had for such high assuming, either in respect of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 48:34-39

Jeremiah 48:34-39. From the cry of Heshbon When Heshbon was taken by the enemy, the cry of the inhabitants reached as far as Elealeh and Jahaz: the same was likewise heard from Zoar to Horonaim. As a heifer of three years old The meaning undoubtedly is, that the cry of Moab, beginning at Heshbon, was continued on from city to city, till the whole country resounded as with the lowing of a cow that runs from place to place in search of her calf that has been taken from her. An image... read more

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