Jeremiah 48:12

Jeremiah 48:12

10 ^aCursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully,
And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth;
He ^ahas settled on his dregs,
And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into captivity.
Therefore his taste remained in him,
And his scent has not changed.

12 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I shall send him¹ wine-workers
Who will tip him over
And empty his vessels
And break the bottles.

13 Moab shall be ashamed of ^aChemosh,
As the house of Israel ^bwas ashamed of ^cBethel, their confidence.

14 “How can you say, ^a‘We are mighty
And strong men for the war’?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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wanderers—rather, "pourers out," retaining the image of Jeremiah 48:11, that is, the Chaldeans who shall remove Moab from his settlements, as men pour wine from off the lees into other vessels. "His vessels" are the cities of Moab; the broken "bottles" the men slain [GROTIUS]. The Hebrew and the kindred Arabic word means, "to turn on one side," so as to empty a vessel [MAURER].

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