Jeremiah 48:17

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁴How can you say, 'We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle'? ¹⁵Moab has been destroyed and its towns invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King whose name is the LORD of Hosts. ¹⁶Moab's calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly. ¹⁷Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered-the glorious staff!¹⁸Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses. ¹⁹Stand by the road and watch, O resident of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, 'What has happened?' ²⁰Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. ²¹Judgment has come upon the high plain-upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, ²²upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,

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bemoan: Jeremiah 48:31-33, Jeremiah 9:17-20, Isaiah 16:8, Revelation 18:14-20

How: Jeremiah 48:39, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 14:4, Isaiah 14:5, Ezekiel 19:11-14, Zechariah 11:10-14

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 48:2 - no more

Cross-References

Genesis 28:8
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

Genesis 38:10
What he did was evil in the LORD's sight, so He put Onan to death as well.

Genesis 48:7
Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 48:8
When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"

Genesis 48:14
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Numbers 11:1
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 22:34
"I have sinned," Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, "for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in Your sight, I will go back home."

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."

1 Kings 16:25
But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.

1 Chronicles 21:7
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All ye that are about him, bemoan him,.... The neighbouring nations, such as the Ammonites, and others, are called upon to condole the sad case of Moab; all upon the borders of the country of Moab, either within them or without them:

and all ye that know his name; not only that had heard of his fame and glory, but knew in what grandeur and splendour he lived; these have a form of condolence given them:

say, how is the strong staff broken, [and] the beautiful rod! the mighty men of war, the staff of the nation, in which they trusted, destroyed; their fortified cities demolished; the powerful kingdom, which swayed the sceptre, and ruled in great glory, and was terrible and troublesome to others, now pulled down. The Targum is,

"how is the king broken that did evil, the oppressing ruler!''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lamentation over Moab uttered by those “round about him,” i. e., the neighboring nations, and those “that know his name,” nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a people, takes the form of an elegy. The metaphorical expressions, “staff of strength,” and “rod” or “scepter of beauty,” indicate the union of power and splendor in the Moabite kingdom.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 48:17. How is the strong staff broken — The sceptre. The sovereignty of Moab is destroyed.