Jeremiah 48:15
in Jeremiah 48Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
KJV
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
4 notes on this verseMoab is spoiled,.... The whole country is ruined; which is spoken of as present, though future, after the manner of prophecy, because of the certainty of it: and gone up out of her cities; the inhabitants of Moab were gone up out of their cities, either through fear and flight; or through force, being made to go out of them, and were carried captive. The Targum is, "the Moabites are spoiled, and their cities are desolate;'' and so Kimchi interprets it, "the multitude of her cities is made to cease;'' the people of them.
This site's exposition
settled on his lees
on Jeremiah 48:11-17
The oracle's most famous figure is from the wine country it addresses: Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel. Wine left on its sediment keeps its raw taste, and Moab, never exiled, never poured out, kept his: undisturbed prosperity as a preservative of corruption, which the bench treats as one of Scripture's sharpest sayings about comfort. The emptiers are coming, the vessels will be broken, and Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh as Israel was ashamed of Beth-el, the northern calf sanctuary named as the parallel confidence that failed; the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod ends the unit as a formal lament.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Rather, “Moab is spoiled,” and her cities have gone up, i. e., in smoke, have been burned Jos 8:20-21. Others render, “The waster of Moab and of her towns is coming up to the attack, and her chosen youths are gone down to the slaughter.”
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
When this took place, the young warriors would go down from the burning citadels only to meet their own slaughter [GROTIUS]. English Version is somewhat favored by the fact that "gone out" is singular, and "cities" plural.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שֻׁדַּ֤ד | shudad | it will be devastated | H7703 → | 57 times |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| וְעָרֶ֣יהָ | veareiha | and cities its | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| עָלָ֔ה | ʾalah | he will go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| וּמִבְחַ֥ר | umivchar | and [the] choicest of | H4005 → | |
| בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו | bachurav | young men its | H970 → | 44 times |
| יָרְד֣וּ | yaredu | they will go down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| לַטָּ֑בַח | latavach | to the slaughter | H2874 → | |
| נְאֻ֨ם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | [is] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֖וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
שֻׁדַּ֤דit will be devastated
shudadH7703 →57 times
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
וְעָרֶ֣יהָand cities its
veareihaH5892 →1090 times
עָלָ֔הhe will go up
ʾalahH5927 →890 times
וּמִבְחַ֥רand [the] choicest of
umivcharH4005 →
בַּֽחוּרָ֖יוyoung men its
bachuravH970 →44 times
יָרְד֣וּthey will go down
yareduH3381 →381 times
לַטָּ֑בַחto the slaughter
latavachH2874 →
נְאֻ֨ם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוָ֥ה[is] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
שְׁמֽוֹ׃name his
shemoH8034 →864 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
Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the…
it leads to
- Acts 5:1–10
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4–5
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- Psalms 76:12
He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- Malachi 1:8
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased…
- Acts 5:1–10
Through
Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:18
As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
- Jeremiah 46:18
Through
Jeremiah 50:27Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:21
Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time…
- Isaiah 34:7
And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- Jeremiah 46:21
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This page draws on 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 (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.