Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab thus saith the LORD 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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moab	לְמוֹאָ֡ב le.mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · preposition + proper noun, a place name
saith	אָמַר֩ 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֜וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Woe	ה֤וֹי Ho	H1945	oh! · interjection
Nebo	נְבוֹ֙ ne.Vo	H5015	Nebo · proper noun, a place name
spoiled	שֻׁדָּ֔דָה shu.Da.dah	H7703	properly · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Kiriathaim	קִרְיָתָ֑יִם kir.ya.Ta.yim	H7156	Kirjathaim · proper noun, a place name
confounded	יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh	H3001	to be ashamed
taken	נִלְכְּדָ֖ה nil.ke.Dah	H3920	to catch (in a net · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Misgab	הַמִּשְׂגָּ֖ב ha.mis.Gav	H4869	defence · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
confounded	יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh	H3001	to be ashamed
dismayed	וָחָֽתָּה va.Cha.tah	H2865	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Numbers 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Numbers 32:37-38 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
Jeremiah 48:22-23 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
Isaiah 15:1-9 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, a…
Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Ezekiel 25:8-11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
Amos 2:1-2 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bone…
Genesis 19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:1-13

We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab's destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and the God of Israel (Jer 48:1), who will herein plead the cause of his Israel against a people that have always been vexatious to them, and will punish them now for the injuries done to Israel of old, though Israel was forbidden to meddle with them (Deu 2:9), therefore the destruction of Moab is called the work of the Lord (Jer 48:10), for it is he that pleads for Israel; and his work will exactly agree with his word, Jer 48:8. II. The instruments of it: Spoilers shall come (Jer 48:8), shall come with a sword, a sword that shall pursue them, Jer 48:2. "…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 48:1

Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... The prophecy concerning Moab is introduced with these epithets of God, partly to observe that the God of Israel was the only true God, in opposition to the gods of Moab, and other nations; and partly to point out his omnipotence, being able to perform what he here predicts and threatens; as also to suggest, that for the enmity of the Moabites to his people Israel, and their contempt of them, which is taken notice of in this chapter, and the ill treatment of them, the Lord would now take vengeance on them. Some render it, "concerning Moab" (z); because every thing that is here said is not against it; the chapter concludes in fa…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:1

Jeremiah 48:1 1. Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled; Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 1. Contra Moab, sic dicit Jehova exercituum, Deus Israel, Vae super Nebo, quia in vastitatem redacta est (vastata est;) destructa est Kiriathaim; pudefacta est Misgab et expavit (vel, anima fracta est.) This prophecy is against the Moabites, who, though they derived their origin from Lot, and were of the same blood with the Israelites, had yet been inimical to them. This prophecy would be uninteresting, were we not to remember the history on which the application and use of what is said depends. We have sai…

Dictionary and topics

Jirjathaim — (the two cities).
Kirjathaim — Two cities; a double city. (1.) A city of refuge in Naphtali (1 Chr. 6:76). (2.) A town on the east of Jordan (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:9, 10). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). In the…
Misgab — Height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name for the highlands of Moab, as some think (Jer. 48:1). In Isa. 25:12, the word is rendered…
Nebo — Proclaimer; prophet. (1.) A Chaldean god whose worship was introduced into Assyria by Pul (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 48:1). To this idol was dedicated the great temple whose ruins are still seen at Birs…
Kirjathaim · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Misgab · An unknown place mentioned in — An unknown place mentioned in
Nebo · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 48:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:1-13

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:1

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:1

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 48:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:1-13

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:1

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:1

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 48:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 48:1–end

Rashi on Jeremiah 48:1