Jeremiah 48:7
in Jeremiah 48Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
KJV
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
7 notes on this verseFor because thou hast trusted in thy works,.... The strong works and fortifications they had made about their cities, and so thought themselves safe in them; which is the sense of the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and those that follow them. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of their cattle and other possessions, as the word is rendered in 1Sa 25:2; which they observe.
This site's exposition
Against Moab thus saith the Lord
on Jeremiah 48:1-10
The Moab oracle opens with a gazetteer of falling towns, Nebo, Kiriathaim, Heshbon, Horonaim, the weeping going up the ascent of Luhith, and the ground of it is stated at verse 7: because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures. Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests, the national god deported with his staff, which is the ancient Near East's own language for a theology defeated, as the bench notes from the monuments. Verse 10's curse on doing the Lord's work deceitfully, or keeping the sword from blood, is stated as what it is in place, the executioner charged not to soften an appointed judgment; the commentators note how often it is quoted out of this grim setting.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Note, It is only the true religion, and the worship and service of the true God, that will stand us in stead in a day of trouble. It is a just and righteous destruction, and that which they have deserved and brought upon themselves by sin. The sin which they had been most notoriously guilty of, and for which God now reckoned with them, was pride.
Note, We forfeit the comfort of that creature which we repose that confidence in which should be reposed in God only. The reed will break that is leaned upon. It is because they have not made a right improvement of the days of the peace and prosperity,
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Works - Possibly the products of labor. The versions render fortifications. Chemosh - As the national god of Moab Num 21:29, he represents the whole land; and his being led into captivity implies the total ruin of those under his protection. His name here spelled Chemish is repeated in Car-chemish, i. e., the fortress of Chemish.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thy works--namely, fortifications built by thy work. Moab was famous for its fortresses (Jer 48:18). The antithesis is to Jer 48:6, "Be . . . in the wilderness," where there are no fortified cities. thou . . . also--like the rest of the surrounding peoples, Judah, &c.
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Chemosh shall go forth into captivity - The grand national idol of the Moabites, Num 21:29; Jdg 11:24. Ancient idolaters used to take their gods with them to the field of battle. This was probably in imitation of the Israelites, who took the ark with them in such cases.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יַ֣עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| בִּטְחֵ֤ךְ | bitchekh | trusting you | H982 → | 120 times |
| בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙ | bemaasayikh | in deeds your | H4639 → | 236 times |
| וּבְא֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִךְ | uveotzrotayikh | and in treasures your | H214 → | 79 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אַ֖תְּ | ʾat | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תִּלָּכֵ֑דִי | tilakhedi | you will be captured | H3920 → | 121 times |
| וְיָצָ֤א | veyatza' | and he will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| כְמוֹשׁ֙ | khemish | Chemosh | H3645 → | 8 times |
| בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה | bagolah | in <the> exile | H1473 → | 43 times |
| כֹּהֲנָ֥יו | kohanav | priests his | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְשָׂרָ֖יו | vesarav | and officials his | H8269 → | 421 times |
| יַחְדָּֽיו׃ | yachad | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
כִּ֠יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
יַ֣עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
בִּטְחֵ֤ךְtrusting you
bitchekhH982 →120 times
בְּמַעֲשַׂ֙יִךְ֙in deeds your
bemaasayikhH4639 →236 times
וּבְא֣וֹצְרוֹתַ֔יִךְand in treasures your
uveotzrotayikhH214 →79 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אַ֖תְּyou
ʾatH859 →1094 times
תִּלָּכֵ֑דִיyou will be captured
tilakhediH3920 →121 times
וְיָצָ֤אand he will go out
veyatza'H3318 →1067 times
כְמוֹשׁ֙Chemosh
khemishH3645 →8 times
בַּגּוֹלָ֔הin <the> exile
bagolahH1473 →43 times
כֹּהֲנָ֥יוpriests his
kohanavH3548 →750 times
וְשָׂרָ֖יוand officials his
vesaravH8269 →421 times
יַחְדָּֽיו׃together
yachadH3162 →141 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 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–29
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…
- Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–29
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
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:13
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Jeremiah 17:5
About Jeremiah
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 (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.