Jeremiah 48:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedstg for joy. ”

Jeremiah 48:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was he found ... - Or, “was he found among thieves that so often as thou speakest of him” thou waggest thy head? - in contempt for a fallen enemy.
Jeremiah 48:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For was not Israel a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou hast spoken of him, thou didst (p) leap for joy. (p) You rejoiced to hear of his misery, ( Isaiah 16:6 ).
Jeremiah 48:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

since . as often as, or whenever. skippedst for joy . didst shake thyself in excitement, or wag thy head.
Jeremiah 48:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

But the higher cause for the drunkenness mentioned here ought to be observed, even because Moab exalted himself against God. For after having spoken of the pride through which he exulted over G...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. Was not Israel a derision unto thee? - Didst thou not mock my people, and s...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For was not Israel a derision— Houbigant renders the verse thus; For was not Israel a derision to thee, and wast thou not found with those who made songs upon him? How didst thou speak of him! how...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. ( Zephaniah 2:8 , "I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revili...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Was not Israel a derision unto thee? — The “derision” had been shown at an earlier stage in the history of Judah ( Zephaniah 2:8 ; comp. Ezekiel 25:6 ), but was, we may well believe, reproduced wh...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For was not Israel a derision unto thee ?.... In the time of his calamity, when the ten tribes were carried captive by the Assyrians some years ago; and of late the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin...
Jeremiah 48:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. Ver. 27. For was not Israel a derision unto thee? ] sc., When he was...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Make ye him drunken God's judgments are often represented under the metaphor of a cup of intoxicating liquors: see note on Jeremiah 25:15 . Moab also shall wallow in his vomit The judgments whic...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Moab. B. C. 605. 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For was not Israel a derision unto thee? it is an ill thing to mock at the miseries of others, especially such as we have some relation to; the Moabites were descended from Lot, who was nearly rela...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 48:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 48:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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-...
Jeremiah 48:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moab's Glory Followed by its Deep Fall
Jeremiah 48:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 25:8 ; Ezekiel 26:2 ; Ezekiel 26:3 ; Ezekiel 35:15 ; Ezekiel 36:2 ; Ezekiel 36:4 ; Jeremiah 2:26 ; Lamentations 2:15-17 ; Micah 7:8-10 ; Matthew 26:55 ; Matthew 27:38 ; Matthew 7:...
Jeremiah 48:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was he found — Why didst thou deal by Israel as men deal by thieves, when they are brought to shame?

Jeremiah 48:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 48:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 48:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 48:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 48:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 48:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes