Jeremiah 48:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the backk with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. ”

• Jeremiah 48:39 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Literally, “How is it broken down! they wail! How hath Moab tutored the back in shame! Yea, Moab is become a laughter and a terror Jeremiah 17:17 to all who are round about him.”

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet still speaks in the person of others, and according to their feelings and not his own. He then says, that howling, they would say, through wonder, How is it that Moab has been s...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  They shall howl, saying , How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. How is it broken down. "It" - i:e....

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! — Better, taking the words in the Hebrew order, How is she broken down! How do they howl! In the word “derision” we have the emphatic iteration of...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  They shall howl, [saying], how is it broken down ?.... Or, "how is it broken" or "thrown into consternation p? they howl"; that is, they howl out these words, or, while they are howling, say, how is...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  They shall howl, [saying], How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. Ver. 39. How hath Moab turned the bac...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Those that formerly lived in Moab, when it was in its glory, shall lament to see how the case is altered with it, that all its glory is broken down, and they that were wont to conquer their enemies t...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - 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-...

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Lamentation over Moab

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• Jeremiah 48:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 26:16-18 ; Isaiah 20:4-6 ; Jeremiah 48:17 ; Jeremiah 48:26 ; Jeremiah 48:27 ; Lamentations 1:1 ; Lamentations 2:1 ; Lamentations 4:1 ; Revelation 18:10 ; Revelation 18:15 ; Revelat...

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