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Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 48:26	Strong Concordance	Make ye him drunken [07937]: for he magnified [01431] himself against the LORD [03068]: Moab [04124] also shall wallow [05606] in his vomit [06892], and he also shall be in derision [07814].
	King James	Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
drunken--(see on Jer 13:12; Jer 25:17). Intoxicated with the cup of divine wrath, so as to be in helpless distraction. magnified . . . against . . . Lord--boasted arrogantly against God's people, that whereas Israel was fallen, Moab remained flourishing. wallow in . . . vomit--following up the image of a drunken man, that is, shall be so afflicted by God's wrath as to disgorge all his past pride, riches, and vainglory, and fall in his shameful abasement. he also . . . derision--He in his disaster shall be an object of derision to us, as we in ours have been to him (Jer 48:27). Retribution in kind.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

drunken--(see on Jer 13:12; Jer 25:17). Intoxicated with the cup of divine wrath, so as to be in helpless distraction.

magnified . . . against . . . Lord--boasted arrogantly against God's people, that whereas Israel was fallen, Moab remained flourishing.

wallow in . . . vomit--following up the image of a drunken man, that is, shall be so afflicted by God's wrath as to disgorge all his past pride, riches, and vainglory, and fall in his shameful abasement.

he also . . . derision--He in his disaster shall be an object of derision to us, as we in ours have been to him (Jer 48:27). Retribution in kind.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Make ye him drunken - With the wine-cup of God's fury, until terror deprive him of his senses.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Moab's haughtiness and deplorable fall. - Jer 48:26. "Make him drunk - for he hath boasted against Jahveh - so that Moab shall splash down into his vomit, and himself become a laughing-stock. Jer 48:27. Was not Israel a laughing-stock to thee, or was he found among thieves? for whenever thou spakest of him, thou didst shake thine head. Jer 48:28. Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, ye inhabitants of Moab; and be ye like a dove [that] builds its nest in the sides of the mouth of a pit. Jer 48:29. We have heard the very arrogant pride of Moab, his haughtiness, and his arrogance, and his high-mindedness, and his elation of mind. Jer 48:30. I know, saith Jahveh, his wrath, and the untruthfulness of his words; they have done what is untrue. Jer 48:31. Therefore will I howl over Moab, and for all Moab will I cry; they mourn for the people of Kir-heres. Jer 48:32. I will weep for thee [with more] than the weeping of Jazer, O vine of Sibmah, thou whose tendrils have gone over the sea, have reached even to the sea of Jazer; on thy fruit-harvest and thy vintage a spoiler has fallen. Jer 48:33. And joy and gladness are taken from the garden, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-vats: they shall not tread [with] a shout; the shout shall be no shout. Jer 48:34. From the cry of Heshbon as far as Elealeh, as far as Jahaz, they utter their voice; from Zoar as far as Horonaim and the third Eglath; for even the waters of Nimrim shall become desolations. Jer 48:35. And I will destroy from Moab, saith Jahveh, him that offers on a high place and burns incense to his gods." Through his pride, Moab has incurred the sentence of destruction to his power. In arrogance and rage he has exalted himself over Jahveh and His people Israel; therefore must he now be humbled, Jer 48:26-30. The summons to make Moab drunk is addressed to those whom God has charged with the execution of the sentence; cf. Jer 48:10 and Jer 48:21. These are to present to the people of Moab the cup of the divine wrath, and so to intoxicate them, that they shall fall like a drunk man into his vomit, and become a laughing-stock to others (cf. Jer 13:13; Jer 25:15), because they have boasted against Jahveh by driving the Israelites from their inheritance, and by deriding the people of God; cf. Zep 2:8. ספק, to strike, frequently of striking the hands together; here it signifies to fall into his vomit, i.e., to tumble into it with a splash. No other explanation of the word can find support from the language used. Cf. Isa 19:14 and Isa 25:10. In the last clause of Jer 48:26, the emphasis lies on גּם הוּא: "he also (Moab, like Israel before) shall become a laughing-stock." This statement is enforced by the question put in Jer 48:27, "Was not Israel a laughing-stock to thee?" ואם־אם shows a double question, like ה־אם; and ואם in the first clause may be further strengthened by the interrogative ה before שׂחק, as in Gen 17:17. For other forms of the double question, see Psa 94:9; Job 21:4; Jer 23:26. On Dagesh dirimens in השּׂחק, cf. Ewald, 104, b. There is no sufficient reason for questioning the feminine form נמצאה in the Qeri; Israel is personified as a woman, just as Moab in Jer 48:20, where חתּה is found. On מדּי דב, cf. Jer 31:20, where, however, דּבּר בּ is used in another meaning. התנודד, to shake oneself, is a stronger expression than הניד בּראשׁ, to shake the head (Jer 18:16), a gesture denoting mockery and rejoicing over another's injury; cf. Psa 64:9.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Moab's haughtiness and deplorable fall. - Jer 48:26. "Make him drunk - for he hath boasted against Jahveh - so that Moab shall splash down into his vomit, and himself become a laughing-stock. Jer 48:27. Was not Israel a laughing-stock to thee, or was he found among thieves? for whenever thou spakest of him, thou didst shake thine head. Jer 48:28. Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, ye inhabitants of Moab; and be ye like a dove [that] builds its nest in the sides of the mouth of a pit. Jer 48:29. We have heard the very arrogant pride of Moab, his haughtiness, and his arrogance, and his high-mindedness, and his elation of mind. Jer 48:30. I know, saith Jahveh, his wrath, and the untruthfulness of his words; they have done what is untrue. Jer 48:31. Therefore will I howl over Moab, and for all Moab will I cry; they mourn for the people of Kir-heres. Jer 48:32. I will weep for thee [with more] than the weeping of Jazer, O vine of Sibmah, thou whose tendrils have gone over the sea, have reached even to the sea of Jazer; on thy fruit-harvest and thy vintage a spoiler has fallen. Jer 48:33. And joy and gladness are taken from the garden, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the wine-vats: they shall not tread [with] a shout; the shout shall be no shout. Jer 48:34. From the cry of Heshbon as far as Elealeh, as far as Jahaz, they utter their voice; from Zoar as far as Horonaim and the third Eglath; for even the waters of Nimrim shall become desolations. Jer 48:35. And I will destroy from Moab, saith Jahveh, him that offers on a high place and burns incense to his gods."

Through his pride, Moab has incurred the sentence of destruction to his power. In arrogance and rage he has exalted himself over Jahveh and His people Israel; therefore must he now be humbled, Jer 48:26-30. The summons to make Moab drunk is addressed to those whom God has charged with the execution of the sentence; cf. Jer 48:10 and Jer 48:21. These are to present to the people of Moab the cup of the divine wrath, and so to intoxicate them, that they shall fall like a drunk man into his vomit, and become a laughing-stock to others (cf. Jer 13:13; Jer 25:15), because they have boasted against Jahveh by driving the Israelites from their inheritance, and by deriding the people of God; cf. Zep 2:8. ספק, to strike, frequently of striking the hands together; here it signifies to fall into his vomit, i.e., to tumble into it with a splash. No other explanation of the word can find support from the language used. Cf. Isa 19:14 and Isa 25:10. In the last clause of Jer 48:26, the emphasis lies on גּם הוּא: "he also (Moab, like Israel before) shall become a laughing-stock." This statement is enforced by the question put in Jer 48:27, "Was not Israel a laughing-stock to thee?" ואם־אם shows a double question, like ה־אם; and ואם in the first clause may be further strengthened by the interrogative ה before שׂחק, as in Gen 17:17. For other forms of the double question, see Psa 94:9; Job 21:4; Jer 23:26. On Dagesh dirimens in השּׂחק, cf. Ewald, 104, b. There is no sufficient reason for questioning the feminine form נמצאה in the Qeri; Israel is personified as a woman, just as Moab in Jer 48:20, where חתּה is found. On מדּי דב, cf. Jer 31:20, where, however, דּבּר בּ is used in another meaning. התנודד, to shake oneself, is a stronger expression than הניד בּראשׁ, to shake the head (Jer 18:16), a gesture denoting mockery and rejoicing over another's injury; cf. Psa 64:9.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Drunken - Fill him with the intoxicating wine of God's vengeance.

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²⁷ For was not Israel [03478] a derision [07814] unto thee? was he found [04672] among thieves [01590]? for since [01767] thou spakest [01697] of him, thou skippedst [05110] for joy.

¹⁷ Then took [03947] I the cup [03563] at the LORD'S [03068] hand [03027], and made all the nations [01471] to drink [08248], unto whom the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] me:

¹² Therefore thou shalt speak [0559] unto them this word [01697]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]: and they shall say [0559] unto thee, Do we not certainly [03045] know [03045] that every bottle [05035] shall be filled [04390] with wine [03196]?

⁹ And all men [0120] shall fear [03372], and shall declare [05046] the work [06467] of God [0430]; for they shall wisely consider [07919] of his doing [04639].

¹⁶ To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].

²⁰ Is Ephraim [0669] my dear [03357] son [01121]? is he a pleasant [08191] child [03206]? for since [01767] I spake [01696] against him, I do earnestly [02142] remember [02142] him still: therefore my bowels [04578] are troubled [01993] for him; I will surely [07355] have mercy [07355] upon him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

²⁰ Moab [04124] is confounded [03001]; for it is broken down [02865]: howl [03213] and cry [02199]; tell [05046] ye it in Arnon [0769], that Moab [04124] is spoiled [07703],

²⁶ How long shall this be [03426] in the heart [03820] of the prophets [05030] that prophesy [05012] lies [08267]? yea, they are prophets [05030] of the deceit [08649] of their own heart [03820];

⁴ As for me, is my complaint [07879] to man [0120]? and if it were so, why should not my spirit [07307] be troubled [07114]?

⁹ He that planted [05193] the ear [0241], shall he not hear [08085]? he that formed [03335] the eye [05869], shall he not see [05027]?

¹⁷ Then Abraham [085] fell [05307] upon his face [06440], and laughed [06711], and said [0559] in his heart [03820], Shall a child be born [03205] unto him that is an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121]? and shall Sarah [08283], that is ninety [08673] years [08141] old [01323], bear [03205]?

²⁷ For was not Israel [03478] a derision [07814] unto thee? was he found [04672] among thieves [01590]? for since [01767] thou spakest [01697] of him, thou skippedst [05110] for joy.

²⁶ Make ye him drunken [07937]: for he magnified [01431] himself against the LORD [03068]: Moab [04124] also shall wallow [05606] in his vomit [06892], and he also shall be in derision [07814].

¹⁰ For in this mountain [02022] shall the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] rest [05117], and Moab [04124] shall be trodden down [01758] under him, even as straw [04963] is trodden down [01758] for the dunghill [01119] [04087] [04325].

¹⁴ The LORD [03068] hath mingled [04537] a perverse [05773] spirit [07307] in the midst [07130] thereof: and they have caused Egypt [04714] to err [08582] in every work [04639] thereof, as a drunken [07910] man staggereth [08582] in his vomit [06892].

⁸ I have heard [08085] the reproach [02781] of Moab [04124], and the revilings [01421] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], whereby they have reproached [02778] my people [05971], and magnified [01431] themselves against their border [01366].

¹⁵ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto me; Take [03947] the wine [03196] cup [03563] of this fury [02534] at my hand [03027], and cause all the nations [01471], to whom I send [07971] thee, to drink [08248] it.

¹³ Then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will fill [04390] all the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776], even the kings [04428] that sit [03427] upon David's [01732] throne [03678], and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], with drunkenness [07943].

²¹ And judgment [04941] is come [0935] upon the plain [04334] country [0776]; upon Holon [02473], and upon Jahazah [03096], and upon Mephaath [04158],

¹⁰ Cursed [0779] be he that doeth [06213] the work [04399] of the LORD [03068] deceitfully [07423], and cursed [0779] be he that keepeth back [04513] his sword [02719] from blood [01818].

²⁶ Make ye him drunken [07937]: for he magnified [01431] himself against the LORD [03068]: Moab [04124] also shall wallow [05606] in his vomit [06892], and he also shall be in derision [07814].
²⁷ For was not Israel [03478] a derision [07814] unto thee? was he found [04672] among thieves [01590]? for since [01767] thou spakest [01697] of him, thou skippedst [05110] for joy.
²⁸ O ye that dwell [03427] in Moab [04124], leave [05800] the cities [05892], and dwell [07931] in the rock [05553], and be like the dove [03123] that maketh her nest [07077] in the sides [05676] of the hole's [06354] mouth [06310].
²⁹ We have heard [08085] the pride [01347] of Moab [04124], (he is exceeding [03966] proud [01343]) his loftiness [01363], and his arrogancy [01346], and his pride [01347], and the haughtiness [07312] of his heart [03820].
³⁰ I know [03045] his wrath [05678], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; but it shall not be so; his lies [0907] shall not so effect [06213] it.

³⁵ Moreover I will cause to cease [07673] in Moab [04124], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], him that offereth [05927] in the high places [01116], and him that burneth incense [06999] to his gods [0430].

³⁴ From the cry [02201] of Heshbon [02809] even unto Elealeh [0500], and even unto Jahaz [03096], have they uttered [05414] their voice [06963], from Zoar [06820] even unto Horonaim [02773], as an heifer [05697] of three years old [07992]: for the waters [04325] also of Nimrim [05249] shall be desolate [04923].

³³ And joy [08057] and gladness [01524] is taken [0622] from the plentiful field [03759], and from the land [0776] of Moab [04124]; and I have caused wine [03196] to fail [07673] from the winepresses [03342]: none shall tread [01869] with shouting [01959]; their shouting [01959] shall be no shouting [01959].

³² O vine [01612] of Sibmah [07643], I will weep [01058] for thee with the weeping [01065] of Jazer [03270]: thy plants [05189] are gone over [05674] the sea [03220], they reach [05060] even to the sea [03220] of Jazer [03270]: the spoiler [07703] is fallen [05307] upon thy summer fruits [07019] and upon thy vintage [01210].

³¹ Therefore will I howl [03213] for Moab [04124], and I will cry out [02199] for all Moab [04124]; mine heart shall mourn [01897] for the men [0582] of Kirheres [07025].

³⁰ I know [03045] his wrath [05678], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; but it shall not be so; his lies [0907] shall not so effect [06213] it.

²⁹ We have heard [08085] the pride [01347] of Moab [04124], (he is exceeding [03966] proud [01343]) his loftiness [01363], and his arrogancy [01346], and his pride [01347], and the haughtiness [07312] of his heart [03820].

²⁸ O ye that dwell [03427] in Moab [04124], leave [05800] the cities [05892], and dwell [07931] in the rock [05553], and be like the dove [03123] that maketh her nest [07077] in the sides [05676] of the hole's [06354] mouth [06310].

²⁷ For was not Israel [03478] a derision [07814] unto thee? was he found [04672] among thieves [01590]? for since [01767] thou spakest [01697] of him, thou skippedst [05110] for joy.

²⁶ Make ye him drunken [07937]: for he magnified [01431] himself against the LORD [03068]: Moab [04124] also shall wallow [05606] in his vomit [06892], and he also shall be in derision [07814].