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Jeremiah 48:14 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 48 · verse 14
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?Jeremiah 48:14 · King James Version
Jeremiah 48:14 in context
12Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
14How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mightygibbôwrpowerfulH1368 →
- strongchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
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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 awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-47