Jeremiah 48:46
in Jeremiah 48Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Woe unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for thy sons are taken away captive, and thy daughters into captivity.
KJV
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he shall fly as an eagle
on Jeremiah 48:40-47
The end comes as an eagle spreading his wings over Moab, and the escape routes are closed in a chain the prophets share: fear, and the pit, and the snare, he that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit, the same triple net Isaiah 24:17-18 casts over the whole earth. The fire out of Heshbon and the flame from the midst of Sihon takes up the old taunt-song of Num 21:28 almost word for word, Moab's ancient ballad returned on it, which the bench marks as deliberate quotation. Then the last verse turns without warning: yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord, the restoration formula given even to Chemosh's people, and the oracle closes itself like a file, thus far is the judgment of Moab.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): " Woe be to thee, O Moab! thou art undone; the people that worship Chemosh perish, and are gone; farewell, Moab. Thy sons and daughters, the hopes of the next generation, have gone into captivity after the Jews, whose calamities they rejoiced in." VIII. Yet it is not a perpetual destruction.
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Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The people of Chemosh - The Moabites, who worshipped Chemosh as their supreme god.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אוֹי־ | ʾo- | woe! | H188 → | 24 times |
| לְךָ֣ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| מוֹאָ֔ב | moav | O Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| אָבַ֖ד | ʾavad | it will perish | H6 → | 184 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כְּמ֑וֹשׁ | kemoosh | Chemosh | H3645 → | 8 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֻקְּח֤וּ | lukechu | they will be taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
| בָנֶ֙יךָ֙ | vaneikha | sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בַּשֶּׁ֔בִי | bashevi | in <the> captivity | H7628 → | 49 times |
| וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָ | uvenoteikha | and daughters your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בַּשִּׁבְיָֽה׃ | bashivyah | in <the> captivity | H7633 → |
אוֹי־woe!
ʾo-H188 →24 times
לְךָ֣to <the> you
lekha
מוֹאָ֔בO Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
אָבַ֖דit will perish
ʾavadH6 →184 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
כְּמ֑וֹשׁChemosh
kemooshH3645 →8 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לֻקְּח֤וּthey will be taken
lukechuH3947 →966 times
בָנֶ֙יךָ֙sons your
vaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
בַּשֶּׁ֔בִיin <the> captivity
basheviH7628 →49 times
וּבְנֹתֶ֖יךָand daughters your
uvenoteikhaH1323 →588 times
בַּשִּׁבְיָֽה׃in <the> captivity
bashivyahH7633 →
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
1 Kings 11:7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 21:29
Through
Numbers 21:29Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.
it leads to
- Judges 11:24
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 11:7
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:13
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh…
- 1 Kings 11:33
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor…
- Judges 11:24
Through
Judges 11:24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
it leads to
- Micah 4:5
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- Psalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Micah 4:5
Through
Jeremiah 48:7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
it leads to
- Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalms 52:7
About Jeremiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.