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.

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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.

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

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

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

30I 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 19:14Classic cross-references Isaiah 28:8Classic cross-references Isaiah 29:9Classic cross-references Jeremiah 48:42Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:39Classic cross-references

Original words

Make him drunkהַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּH7937Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine singularbecauseכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionhe has magnified himselfהִגְדִּ֑ילH1431Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularagainstעַל־H5921Prepositionthe LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularso Moabמוֹאָב֙H4124Noun - proper - feminine singularwill wallowוְסָפַ֤קH5606Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularin his own vomitבְּקִיא֔וֹH6892Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand heהֽוּא׃H1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwill alsoגַּם־H1571Conjunctionbecomeוְהָיָ֥הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulara laughingstockלִשְׂחֹ֖קH7814Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 27

Cross-references

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

Original words

-וְאִ֣ם׀H518ConjunctionWasהָיָ֤הH1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularnotל֣וֹאH3808Adverb - Negative particleIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularyourלְךָ֙Preposition | second person masculine singularobject of ridiculeהַשְּׂחֹ֗קH7814Article | Noun - masculine singularWas he ever found [among thieves]נִמְצָאָהH4672Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularאִם־אִם־H518Conjunction-בְּגַנָּבִ֖יםH1590Preposition-b | Noun - masculine pluralForכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionwheneverמִדֵּ֧יH1767Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructyou speak of himדְבָרֶ֥יךָH1697Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularyou shake your headתִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃H5110Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Verse 28

Cross-references

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

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Abandonעִזְב֤וּH5800Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralthe townsעָרִים֙H5892Noun - feminine pluraland settleוְשִׁכְנ֣וּH7931Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralamong the rocksבַּסֶּ֔לַעH5553Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularO dwellersיֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof Moabמוֹאָ֑בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularBeוִֽהְי֣וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plurallike a doveכְיוֹנָ֔הH3123Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singularthat nestsתְּקַנֵּ֖ןH7077Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singularatבְּעֶבְרֵ֥יH5676Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructthe mouthפִי־H6310Noun - masculine singular constructof a caveפָֽחַת׃H6354Noun - masculine singular

Verse 29

Cross-references

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

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We have heardשָׁמַ֥עְנוּH8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralof Moab’sמוֹאָ֖בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularpomposityגְאוֹן־H1347Noun - masculine singular constructhis exceedingמְאֹ֑דH3966Adverbprideגֵּאֶ֣הH1343Adjective - masculine singular[and] conceitגָּבְה֧וֹH1363Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularhis proudוּגְאוֹנ֛וֹH1347Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singulararroganceוְגַאֲוָת֖וֹH1346Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularand haughtinessוְרֻ֥םH7312Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof heartלִבּֽוֹ׃H3820Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 30

Cross-references

Jeremiah 50:36Classic cross-references

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Iאֲנִ֤יH589Pronoun - first person common singularknowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙H3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularhis insolenceעֶבְרָת֖וֹH5678Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singulardeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularbut it is futileוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle. . .כֵ֑ןH3651Adjective - masculine singularHis boastingבַּדָּ֖יוH907Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularis as emptyלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleasכֵ֥ןH3651Adjective - masculine singularhis deedsעָשֽׂוּ׃H6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

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