Focused Passage

Jeremiah 48:26-30

Moab Brought Low: Pride, False Security, and the LORD’s Lament over Judgment

The chapter moves from announced ruin over Moab’s cities, to calls for flight and warning against trusting works and treasures, to the humiliation of Chemosh, to the image of Moab poured out like settled wine, to repeated laments over Moab’s devastation, to the exposure of Moab’s pride against the LORD, to the final declaration that Moab’s fortunes will be restored in days to come.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

27 Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

29 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

30 I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

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Verse 26

Cross-references

Isaiah 19:14 Classic cross-references Isaiah 28:8 Classic cross-references Isaiah 29:9 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:42 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:39 Classic cross-references

Original words

Make him drunk הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּ H7937 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singular because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction he has magnified himself הִגְדִּ֑יל H1431 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular against עַל־ H5921 Preposition the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular so Moab מוֹאָב֙ H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular will wallow וְסָפַ֤ק H5606 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular in his own vomit בְּקִיא֔וֹ H6892 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and he הֽוּא׃ H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular will also גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction become וְהָיָ֥ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular a laughingstock לִשְׂחֹ֖ק H7814 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 27

Cross-references

Jeremiah 2:26 Classic cross-references Micah 7:8 Classic cross-references Psalms 64:8 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 25:8 Classic cross-references Lamentations 2:15 Classic cross-references

Original words

- וְאִ֣ם׀ H518 Conjunction Was הָיָ֤ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular not ל֣וֹא H3808 Adverb - Negative particle Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular your לְךָ֙ Preposition | second person masculine singular object of ridicule הַשְּׂחֹ֗ק H7814 Article | Noun - masculine singular Was he ever found [among thieves] נִמְצָאָה H4672 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular אִם־ אִם־ H518 Conjunction - בְּגַנָּבִ֖ים H1590 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction whenever מִדֵּ֧י H1767 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct you speak of him דְבָרֶ֥יךָ H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular you shake your head תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃ H5110 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

Judges 6:2 Classic cross-references Psalms 55:6 Classic cross-references Song of Solomon 2:14 Classic cross-references Isaiah 2:19 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:9 Classic cross-references

Original words

Abandon עִזְב֤וּ H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the towns עָרִים֙ H5892 Noun - feminine plural and settle וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ H7931 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural among the rocks בַּסֶּ֔לַע H5553 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular O dwellers יֹשְׁבֵ֖י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Moab מוֹאָ֑ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular Be וִֽהְי֣וּ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural like a dove כְיוֹנָ֔ה H3123 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular that nests תְּקַנֵּ֖ן H7077 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular at בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י H5676 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct the mouth פִי־ H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct of a cave פָֽחַת׃ H6354 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 29

Cross-references

Isaiah 16:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 2:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:11 Classic cross-references Zephaniah 2:10 Classic cross-references Isaiah 2:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

We have heard שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural of Moab’s מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular pomposity גְאוֹן־ H1347 Noun - masculine singular construct his exceeding מְאֹ֑ד H3966 Adverb pride גֵּאֶ֣ה H1343 Adjective - masculine singular [and] conceit גָּבְה֧וֹ H1363 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular his proud וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ H1347 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular arrogance וְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ H1346 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular and haughtiness וְרֻ֥ם H7312 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of heart לִבּֽוֹ׃ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 30

Cross-references

Jeremiah 50:36 Classic cross-references

Original words

I אֲנִ֤י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular know יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular his insolence עֶבְרָת֖וֹ H5678 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular but it is futile וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle . . . כֵ֑ן H3651 Adjective - masculine singular His boasting בַּדָּ֖יו H907 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular is as empty לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle as כֵ֥ן H3651 Adjective - masculine singular his deeds עָשֽׂוּ׃ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

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