“ And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, ”
Beth-meon - Meon is probably the Moabite Olympus, and thus Beth-Baal-Meon, the full name of this town Joshua 13:17 , would signify the place where the heavenly Baal was worshipped.
Enumeration of the cities which are to suffer ( Jeremiah 48:20-24 ). The strength of Moab is destroyed, and Moab is become drunken (with the cup of Yahweh, Jeremiah 25:15 ), an object of present der...
Beth-gamul. Now Khan Jemail, east of Dibon. Beth-meon. Now Tell M'ain. Compare Joshua 13:17 .
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, Beth-gamul - meaning the city of camels. Beth-meon - the house of habitation. Beth-baal-meon ( Joshua 13:17 ). Now its ruins ar...
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...
Kiriathaim. — See Jeremiah 48:1 . Beth-gamul. — The place is not named in the earlier lists of Numbers 32:34-38 and Joshua 13:16-20 . The name (=house of the camel) has a parallel in Gamala,...
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...
And upon Kirjathaim ,.... Of which see Jeremiah 48:1 ; and upon Bethgamul ; this is nowhere else mentioned in Scripture; supposed by Grotius to be the Maccala of Ptolemy, put for Camala: and up...
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, Ver. 23. And upon Kiriathaim. ] See on Jeremiah 48:1 . And upon Bethmeon. ] "Baiith" Isaiah calleth it. Jer 15:2
Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon Thou that art exalted in pride, and rendered effeminate through luxury: Dibon being one of the chief cities of Moab; come down from thy glory, and sit in thir...
The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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-...
Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall
Genesis 14:5 ; Jeremiah 48:1 ; Joshua 13:17 ; Joshua 13:19 ; Numbers 32:38