Was he found among thieves? for, etc.; rather,… that, as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest thy head. What giveth thee the right to show such scorn and insolent triumph towards Israel, as if he were one who had been arrested in the very act of robbery (comp.
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Jeremiah 48:27
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 48:1-47The judgment of Moab. As the prophet's "eye in a fine frenzy rolling" sees the flood of the Chaldean invasion sweeping over one after another of the nations, his words flash out in pictures full of energy and fire. If t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 48:1-47EXPOSITION 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 48:29-38 recur in Isaiah 16:6-10;…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14-47The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of th…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Judgment of Moab. (b. c. 605.)THE JUDGMENT OF MOAB. (B. C. 605.) The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to aw…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 48:26-35And what is Moab's crime? At an earlier point the prophet said that it was the callousness produced by long prosperity (Jeremiah 48:11); but here another sin is mentioned—Moab's haughty contempt of Jehovah. "For this it…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 48:27Touching the apple of God's eye. A father may chasten his son, but will be very wroth if he sees another man so dealing with him. No one may punish the child but the child's father. Now, thus is it with the Lord and his…Joseph S. Exell and contributors