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Jeremías 48:7

Por cuanto pusiste tu confianza en tus ganancias y en tus tesoros, también tú serás conquistada, y Quemos saldrá al destierro junto con sus sacerdotes y sus príncipes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chemosh;   Confidence;   False Confidence;   Pride;   Thompson Chain Reference - Chemosh;   Confidence, False;   False;   Gods, False;   Idolatry;   Images;   Security-Insecurity;   Self-Confidence;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Moabites;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Kiriathaim;   Pisgah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chemosh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Madmen;   Moab, Moabites;   Obadiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chemosh ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebo;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;   Chemosh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Che'mosh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chemosh;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moab;   Worship, Idol-;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Pues por cuanto confiaste en tus haciendas, en tus tesoros, tú también serás tomada: y Chêmos saldrá en cautiverio, los sacerdotes y sus príncipes juntamente.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Pues por cuanto confiaste en tus haciendas, en tus tesoros, tú también serás tomada: y Quemos saldrá en cautiverio, los sacerdotes y sus príncipes juntamente.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Pues por cuanto confiaste en tus haciendas, en tus tesoros, tú también serás tomada; y Quemos saldrá en cautiverio, sus sacerdotes y sus príncipes juntamente.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 13:25, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:8-10, Isaiah 59:4-6, Ezekiel 28:2-5, Hosea 10:13, 1 Timothy 6:17, Revelation 18:7

Chemosh: Jeremiah 48:13, Jeremiah 48:46, Jeremiah 43:12, Numbers 21:29, Judges 11:24, 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:33, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2

his priests: Jeremiah 49:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:7 - upon Dagon our god 2 Kings 23:13 - Chemosh Isaiah 16:12 - he shall Jeremiah 48:35 - him that offereth Jeremiah 49:4 - trusted Jeremiah 51:18 - in the Amos 2:3 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For because thou hast trusted in thy works,.... The strong works and fortifications they had made about their cities, and so thought themselves safe in them; which is the sense of the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and those that follow them. Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of their cattle and other possessions, as the word is rendered in 1 Samuel 25:2; which they observe. It may very well be understood of their idols, the works of their hands, in which they placed their confidence; and therefore their chief God after mentioned is threatened to be taken and carried away:

and in thy treasures: their gold and silver, and other riches they had heaped together:

thou shalt be taken: some particular city seems to be meant, the city Moab, or Ar of Moab, Jeremiah 48:4; or Horonaim, Jeremiah 48:5;

and Chemosh shall go forth in captivity, [with] his priests and his princes together; this was the god of the Ammonites, Judges 11:24; and of the Moabites, 1 Kings 11:7; hence the Moabites are called the people of Chemosh, Numbers 21:29; which Philo the Jew i explains thus; that is, thy people and power are found blind, and deprived of sight; and says that Chemosh is interpreted "as groping", or feeling, which is the property of one that cannot see. "Mosh" in Hebrew signifies to grope or feel; and "caph" is a servile letter, and a note of similitude; and by another Jewish writer k Chemosh is called the god of the blind. Jerom l takes it to be the same idol with Baalpeor, thought by some the Priapus of the Heathens. Camus, the god of festivals and merriment, seems to have had his name from hence; very probably the sun was worshipped by the Moabites under this name, which may be so called from its swiftness; for the Arabic word , "camash", signifies swift and hastening m; as the sun is to run its race. The Moabites put their trust in this their deity; and to let them see that he would be of no avail unto them, in this time of their distress, he himself should be taken away by the enemy out of his temple, for the sake of the gold or silver that was upon him, and with him the priests that attended his service; or his worshippers, as the Targum; and the princes of the nation that served him, and supported the worship of him, and defrayed the expenses of it.

i Allegor. l. 2. p. 104. k R. Iedaia Habadreshi, Bechinat Olam, c. 30. p. 184. l Comment in lsaiam, c. 15. 2. m Vid. Castell. Lex. Polyglott. col. 1749. & Gol. Lex. Arab. p. 2064.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Works - Possibly the products of labor. The versions render fortifications.

Chemosh - As the national god of Moab Numbers 21:29, he represents the whole land; and his being led into captivity implies the total ruin of those under his protection. His name here spelled Chemish is repeated in Car-chemish, i. e., the fortress of Chemish.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 48:7. Chemosh shall go forth into captivity — The grand national idol of the Moabites, Numbers 21:29; Judges 11:24. Ancient idolaters used to take their gods with them to the field of battle. This was probably in imitation of the Israelites, who took the ark with them in such cases.


 
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