Jeremiah 48:1
in Jeremiah 48Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Moab. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
KJV
Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Against Moab - Concerning Moab. Is confounded - Is brought to shame. Misgab - The high fort; some special fortress, probably Kir-haraseth 2Ki 3:25.
This site's exposition
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says
on Jeremiah 48:1-10
The oracle names Moab’s towns, and verse 7 gives the cause: “Because you trust in your works and treasures.” Moab’s god goes too: “Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.” Verse 10 curses the one who “withholds his sword from bloodshed,” a charge not to spare Moab.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), 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. ii. 9 ), therefore the destruction of Moab is called the work of the Lord (
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Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Nebo--a mountain and town of Moab; its meaning is "that which fructifies." Kiriathaim--a city of Moab, consisting of two cities, as the word signifies; originally held by the Emim (Ge 14:5).
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 Isa 15:1-9 and Isa 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 city of the Moabites. Misgab is confounded - There is no place of this name known, and therefore several learned men translate המשגב hammisgab, literally, The high tower, or fortress, which may apply to Kiriathaim, or any other high and well-fortified place.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמוֹאָ֡ב | lemoav | of Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַר֩ | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֜וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| ה֤וֹי | ho | woe! | H1945 → | 51 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נְבוֹ֙ | nevo | Nebo | H5015 → | |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שֻׁדָּ֔דָה | shudadah | it will be devastated | H7703 → | 57 times |
| הֹבִ֥ישָׁה | hovishah | it will be put to shame | H954 → | 127 times |
| נִלְכְּדָ֖ה | nilkedah | it will be captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| קִרְיָתָ֑יִם | kiryatayim | Kiriathaim | H7156 → | |
| הֹבִ֥ישָׁה | hovishah | it will be put to shame | H954 → | 127 times |
| הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖ב | hamisgav | the stronghold | H4869 → | |
| וָחָֽתָּה׃ | vachatah | and it will be shattered | H2865 → | 52 times |
לְמוֹאָ֡בof Moab
lemoavH4124 →181 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַר֩he says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֨הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֜וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
ה֤וֹיwoe!
hoH1945 →51 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נְבוֹ֙Nebo
nevoH5015 →
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
שֻׁדָּ֔דָהit will be devastated
shudadahH7703 →57 times
הֹבִ֥ישָׁהit will be put to shame
hovishahH954 →127 times
נִלְכְּדָ֖הit will be captured
nilkedahH3920 →121 times
קִרְיָתָ֑יִםKiriathaim
kiryatayimH7156 →
הֹבִ֥ישָׁהit will be put to shame
hovishahH954 →127 times
הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖בthe stronghold
hamisgavH4869 →
וָחָֽתָּה׃and it will be shattered
vachatahH2865 →52 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
it leads to
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- Jeremiah 9:26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in…
- Zephaniah 2:8–10
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Isaiah 15:1–9
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
- Psalms 137:7
Through
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:34–38
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
- Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- Jeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- Numbers 32:34–38
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.