Jeremiah 48:15 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:15

Moab 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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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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Moab 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.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שֻׁדַּ֤ד	shu.Dad	it will be devastated	H7703 →
מוֹאָב֙	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וְעָרֶ֣יהָ	ve.'a.Rei.ha	and cities its	H5892 →
עָלָ֔ה	'a.Lah	he will go up	H5927 →
וּמִבְחַ֥ר	u.miv.Char	and [the] choicest of	H4005 →
בַּֽחוּרָ֖יו	ba.chu.Rav	young men its	H970 →
יָרְד֣וּ	ya.re.Du	they will go down	H3381 →
לַטָּ֑בַח	la.Ta.vach	to the slaughter	H2874 →
נְאֻ֨ם־	ne.'Um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →

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Where the connections lead

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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…
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…
Through
Jeremiah 51:57
I 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…
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.
Through
Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
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.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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