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Jeremiah 48:11
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9 “Givea wings to Moab,
That she may flee and get away;
For her cities shall be desolate,
Without any to dwell in them. 
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’? 
15 Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have agone down to the slaughter,” says bthe King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts. 
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Jeremiah 48:11

Moab from the time it conquered the Emims Deuteronomy 2:9-10, and so became a nation, had retained quiet possession of its land, and enjoyed comparative prosperity. From the Moabite Stone we gather that King Mesha, after the death of Ahab threw off the yoke of Israel; nor except for a short time under Jeroboam II was Israel able to bring the Moabites back into subjection. They gradually drove the Reubenites back, and recovered most of the territory taken from the Amorites by Moses, and which originally had belonged to them.

He hath settled on his lees - Good wine was thought to be the better for being left to stand upon its sediment Isaiah 25:6, and in all cases its flavor was rendered thereby stronger (marginal reference). "By being emptied from vessel to vessel" it became vapid and tasteless. So a nation by going into captivity is rendered tame and feeble. By his taste is meant the flavor of the wine, and so Moab' s national character.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 48:11:

Isaiah 25:6
Nahum 2:8
Zephaniah 1:12
Zephaniah 2:8

 

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