Jeremiah 48:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. ”

Jeremiah 48:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Generally - Rather, entirely.
Jeremiah 48:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Moab's pride is without foundation, doomed to a fall which the prophet laments; comparing the past glory with the far-reaching tendrils of a choice vine ( Jeremiah 48:32 ). There is no longer the joy...
Jeremiah 48:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the housetops. Where they prayed to their gods. Compare Jeremiah 19:13 . streets . broadways.
Jeremiah 48:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet at the beginning of the verse continues the same subject, that the Moabites would weep and lament throughout all their houses and in all their streets The reason is added in t...
Jeremiah 48:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. Like a vessel whe...
Jeremiah 48:38 - 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 48:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Upon all the housetops of Moab. — The flat roof of Eastern houses was the natural gathering place of men in a time of panic and distress, as it was, in a time of peace, for prayer or meditation, or...
Jeremiah 48:38 - 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 48:38 - 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 48:38 - 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 48:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[There shall be] lamentation generally ,.... Or, "all of it [is] mourning" n; the whole country of Moab is in mourning; or all is full of mourning; all persons, places, and things, express nothing b...
Jeremiah 48:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 [There shall be] lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure, saith the LORD. Ve...
Jeremiah 48:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:29 ; Jeremiah 48:39 . We have heard the pride of Moab The several synonymous terms made use of in this verse are meant to express the great pride and insolence of Moab. Though some...
Jeremiah 48:38 - 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 48:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We met with the same phrase applied to Coniah, Jeremiah 22:28 . The meaning is, I have broken Moab all to pieces, as people use to do vessels they care not for; they never go about to mend such a...
Jeremiah 48:38 - 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 48:38 - 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 48:38 - 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 48:38 - 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 48:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentation over Moab
Jeremiah 48:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 2:20 ; 2 Timothy 2:21 ; Hosea 8:8 ; Isaiah 15:3 ; Isaiah 22:1 ; Isaiah 30:14 ; Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 25:34 ; Psalms 2:9 ; Revelation 2:27 ; Romans 9:21 ; Romans 9:22

Jeremiah 48:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 48:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 48:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 48:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 48:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 48:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 48:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge