Jeremiah 48:40 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:40

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

BSB

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

KJV

For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For thus saith the Lord, behold, he shall fly as an eagle,.... The enemy, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with his army; who is compared to an eagle for his strength, swiftness, and greediness after the prey: and shall spread his wings over Moab; as an eagle spreads its wings, which are very large, over the little birds it seizes upon as its prey; so the king of Babylon would bring a numerous army against Moab, and spread it over his country.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The rapid and irresistible attack of Nebuchadnezzar is compared to the impetuous dash of the eagle on its prey Deu 28:49.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
כֹה֙	khoh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הִנֵּ֥ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר	kha.Ne.sher	like <the> eagle	H5404 →
יִדְאֶ֑ה	yid.'Eh	someone will swoop down	H1675 →
וּפָרַ֥שׂ	u.fa.Ras	and he will spread out	H6566 →
כְּנָפָ֖יו	ke.na.Fav	wings his	H3671 →
אֶל־	'el-	against	H413 →
מוֹאָֽב׃	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:13
  Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 6:7
  But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
  The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Through
Ezekiel 17:3
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top…
leads to
- Hosea 8:1
  Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 8:8
It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
leads to
- Lamentations 4:19
  Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
- Jeremiah 49:22
  Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Through
Jeremiah 49:22
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:40–41
  For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.

About Jeremiah

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

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PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…

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