Jeremiah 48:2
in Jeremiah 48There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue thee.
KJV
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
6 notes on this verseNo more praise of Moab - “The glory of Moab, that it had never been conquered,” (Dahler), is now at an end. Dr. Blayney translates: - “Moab shall have no more glorying in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her (saying.)” And this most certainly is the best translation of the original. He has marked also a double paronomasia in this and the next verse, a figure in which the prophets delight; בחשבון חשבו becheshbon chashebu “in Cheshbon they have devised,” and מדמן תדמי madmen tiddommi, “Madmena, thou shalt be dumb.”
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
); they shall no more boast of the strength of that city when the evil which is designed against it is brought upon it. Nor shall they any more boast of their gods (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Heshbon was midway between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; it was the residence of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and afterwards a Levitical city in Gad (Nu 21:26). There is a play on words in the Hebrew, "Heshbon, Hashbu." Heshbon means a place of devising or counsel.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
No more praise of Moab - literally, “The glory of Moab is no more,” i. e., Moab has no more cause for boasting. Heshbon - This town now belonged to the Ammonites Jer 49:3 but was on the border. The enemy encamped there arranges the plan of his campaign against Moab. In the original there is a play of words upon the names Heshbon and Madmen.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| עוֹד֮ | ʾod | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| תְּהִלַּ֣ת | tehilat | [will be] [the] praise of | H8416 → | 56 times |
| מוֹאָב֒ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן | becheshbon | in Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| חָשְׁב֤וּ | chashevu | people have planned | H2803 → | 124 times |
| עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רָעָ֔ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| לְכ֖וּ | lekhu | come | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּה | venakhritenah | and let us cut off it | H3772 → | 288 times |
| מִגּ֑וֹי | migoy | from a nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| מַדְמֵ֣ן | madmen | O Madmen | H4086 → | |
| תִּדֹּ֔מִּי | tidomi | you will be silent | H1826 → | 30 times |
| אַחֲרַ֖יִךְ | ʾacharayikh | after you | H310 → | 715 times |
| תֵּ֥לֶךְ | telekh | it will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| חָֽרֶב׃ | charev | [the] sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
אֵ֣יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
עוֹד֮again
ʾodH5750 →490 times
תְּהִלַּ֣ת[will be] [the] praise of
tehilatH8416 →56 times
מוֹאָב֒Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןin Heshbon
becheshbonH2809 →38 times
חָשְׁב֤וּpeople have planned
chashevuH2803 →124 times
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙on it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
רָעָ֔הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
לְכ֖וּcome
lekhuH1980 →1546 times
וְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּהand let us cut off it
venakhritenahH3772 →288 times
מִגּ֑וֹיfrom a nation
migoyH1471 →561 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
מַדְמֵ֣ןO Madmen
madmenH4086 →
תִּדֹּ֔מִּיyou will be silent
tidomiH1826 →30 times
אַחֲרַ֖יִךְafter you
ʾacharayikhH310 →715 times
תֵּ֥לֶךְit will go
telekhH1980 →1546 times
חָֽרֶב׃[the] sword
charevH2719 →413 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 31:36“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:9–10
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry…
- Jeremiah 33:20–26
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
- Psalms 89:36–37
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- Psalms 148:6
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- Isaiah 54:9–10
Through
Jeremiah 48:45“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons…
it leads to
- Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
- Numbers 24:17
Through
Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!
it leads to
- Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 9:4
Through
Isaiah 16:14And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will…
it leads to
- Isaiah 21:16
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.
- Isaiah 21:16
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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.