Jeremiah 48:45 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:45

“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.

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ASV

They that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and hath devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

KJV

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Because of the force - Rather, without force. Translate it: “The fugitives have stood, (i. e., halted) powerless in the shadow of Heshbon.” As Heshbon was the capital of the Ammonites, the sense is that the defeated Moabites looked to Ammon for protection. But afire ... - Not only will Ammon refuse aid to Moab, but her ruin is to come forth from Heshbon. To show this Jeremiah has recourse to the old triumphal poetry of the Mosaic age (marginal reference).

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

GLASSIUS translates, "through want of strength." So the Hebrew particle is translated (Ps 109:24), "faileth of fatness," that is, "faileth through want of fatness"; also La 4:9. but a fire, &c.--copied in part from Sihon's hymn of victory (Nu 21:27, 28).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּצֵ֥ל	be.Tzel	in [the] shadow of	H6738 →
חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן	chesh.Bon	Heshbon	H2809 →
עָמְד֖וּ	'a.me.Du	they will stand	H5975 →
מִכֹּ֣חַ	mi.Ko.ach	from strength	H3581 →
נָסִ֑ים	na.Sim	[those who] flee	H5127 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
אֵ֞שׁ	'esh	a fire	H784 →
יָצָ֣א	ya.Tza'	it will go forth	H3318 →
מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן	me.chesh.Bon	from Heshbon	H2809 →
וְלֶֽהָבָה֙	ve.le.ha.Vah	and a flame	H3852 →
מִבֵּ֣ין	mi.Bein	from between	H996 →
סִיח֔וֹן	si.Chon	Sihon	H5511 →
וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙	va.To.khal	and it consumed	H398 →
פְּאַ֣ת	pe.'At	[the] forehead of	H6285 →
מוֹאָ֔ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וְקָדְקֹ֖ד	ve.ka.de.Kod	and [the] scalp of	H6936 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
שָׁאֽוֹן׃	sha.'on	uproar	H7588 →

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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
Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
leads to
- Revelation 22:16
  “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Luke 1:32–33
  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Genesis 49:10
  The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
Through
Zechariah 10:4
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
leads to
- Zechariah 9:10
  And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend…
Through
Numbers 21:28
For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
leads to
- Numbers 21:15
  even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
Through
Amos 2:2
So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:24
  upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.

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