Jeremiah 48:26
in Jeremiah 48“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
KJV
Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
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This verse in Jeremiah 48
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Come down from your glory
on Jeremiah 48:18-28
Dibon is told, “Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground.” “The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken.” The cause is given in verse 26, “he has magnified himself against the LORD,” and verse 27 recalls Moab’s ridicule of Israel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A promise of the restoration of Moab, ver. 48 ). 1 Against Moab thus saith the L ORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
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), and he that is made drunk is made vile; he shall wallow in his vomit, and become an odious spectacle, and shall justly be in derision. Let the Moabites be intoxicated with the cup of God's wrath till they stagger and fall, and be brought to their wits' end, and make themselves ridiculous by the wildness not only of their passions but of their counsels.
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Make ye him drunken,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Make ye him drunken - With the wine-cup of God’s fury, until terror deprive him of his senses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ | hashkiruhu | make drunk it | H7937 → | 19 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִגְדִּ֑יל | higdil | it has magnified itself | H1431 → | 117 times |
| וְסָפַ֤ק | vesafak | and it will splash | H5606 → | |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| בְּקִיא֔וֹ | bekio | in vomit its | H6892 → | |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | vehayah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִשְׂחֹ֖ק | lischok | <into> a laughing stock | H7814 → | 15 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּmake drunk it
hashkiruhuH7937 →19 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִגְדִּ֑ילit has magnified itself
higdilH1431 →117 times
וְסָפַ֤קand it will splash
vesafakH5606 →
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
בְּקִיא֔וֹin vomit its
bekioH6892 →
וְהָיָ֥הand it will become
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
לִשְׂחֹ֖ק<into> a laughing stock
lischokH7814 →15 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 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
Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised…
it leads to
- Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 12:10
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in…
- Isaiah 37:23
Through
Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:27
“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 25:27
Through
Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
it leads to
- Isaiah 51:21–22
Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
- Isaiah 33:13–14
You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
- Isaiah 19:14
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
- Isaiah 51:21–22
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.