“ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? ”
Mighty - Heroes, veteran warriors.
Moab, hitherto undisturbed, is compared with wine left standing on its sediment ( Isaiah 25:6 ), and retaining its flavour and scent ( i.e. being self-centred and undisciplined; cf. the pride of...
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14.
The Prophet here reproves the pride of the Moabites, because they trusted in their own strength, and derided God and what the Prophets announced. We indeed know that ungodly men, when all thing...
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? No JFB commentary on this verse.
Against Moab Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'i...
(14-17) How say ye... — In the boast that follows we trace the characteristic pride of Moab. The prophet points to the fact that the pride is brought low. She, too, is subject, like other nations,...
CHAPTER XIX MOAB Jeremiah 48:1-47 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42 "Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo agains...
The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it i...
It would swell our Commentary to a length indeed, to enter minutely into the several branches of the visitations here set forth. Indeed it would only when done, tend to confirm what hardly needs furt...
How say ye, we [are] mighty and strong men for the war ?] The Moabites were proud, haughty, and arrogant; boasted much of their strength and valour; of the strength of their bodies, and fitness for...
How say ye, We [are] mighty and strong men for the war? Ver. 14. How say ye, We are mighty? ] q.d., Ye have great cause to crack, and to stand upon your pantofle. a as Jeremiah 48:2 ;...
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh , &c. They shall be disappointed in their expectations of succour from their tutelary idol, as the ten tribes have been in the trust they reposed in the calf...
The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...
How can ye justify what you say, or why say you so, or to what purpose do you brag of your valour?
D). Prophecy Against Moab ( Jeremiah 48:1-47 ). Whilst the Philistines were a constant trouble to Israel/Judah from the west, mainly troubling western Israel/Judah, eastern Israel/Judah, especiall...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter .—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that “this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and before the fourth y...
Jeremiah 48:1 . Against Moab, saith the Lord. Isaiah had prophesied of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchad...
EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1 . Jeremiah 48:29-...
The Coming Devastation of Moab Described
Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Ezekiel 30:6 ; Isaiah 10:13 ; Isaiah 10:16 ; Isaiah 16:6 ; Isaiah 36:4 ; Isaiah 36:5 ; Jeremiah 49:16 ; Jeremiah 8:8 ; Jeremiah 9:23 ; Psalms 11:1 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Ze...