Jeremiah 48:14
in Jeremiah 48How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’?
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ASV
How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
KJV
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
settled like wine on its dregs
on Jeremiah 48:11-17
Moab “has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs,” never “poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile.” Now the pourers will “shatter his jars,” and Moab will feel shame over Chemosh as Israel did “when they trusted in Bethel.”
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and yet the calamity is near, and he is not able to keep it off, nor so much as to keep the enemy long in parley, for the affliction hastens fast (
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How say ye, we are mighty and strong men for the war? The Moabites were proud, haughty, and arrogant; boasted much of their strength and valour; of the strength of their bodies, and fitness for war, and skill in it; and of the strength of their fortified cities; and thought themselves a match for the enemy, and secure from all danger: for this their pride, vanity, and self-confidence, they are here reproved, since their destruction was at hand.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֚יךְ | ʾeikh | how? | H349 → | 82 times |
| תֹּֽאמְר֔וּ | tomeru | will you say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים | giborim | [are] warriors | H1368 → | 158 times |
| אֲנָ֑חְנוּ | ʾanachenu | we | H587 → | 120 times |
| וְאַנְשֵׁי־ | veanshei- | and men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| חַ֖יִל | chayil | strength | H2428 → | 246 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
אֵ֚יךְhow?
ʾeikhH349 →82 times
תֹּֽאמְר֔וּwill you say
tomeruH559 →5305 times
גִּבּוֹרִ֖ים[are] warriors
giborimH1368 →158 times
אֲנָ֑חְנוּwe
ʾanachenuH587 →120 times
וְאַנְשֵׁי־and men of
veanshei-H582 →566 times
חַ֖יִלstrength
chayilH2428 →246 times
לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃for <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 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
Ecclesiastes 9:11I 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:23
This 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 21:30–31
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Lamentations 3:37–38
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Job 5:11–14
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Jeremiah 9:23
Through
Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
it leads to
- John 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- Isaiah 10:1–2
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- John 9:41
Through
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Psalms 44:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.