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Jeremiah 48:15 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 48 · verse 15
Moab 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.Jeremiah 48:15 · King James Version
Jeremiah 48:15 in context
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.
17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slaughterṭebachproperly, something slaughteredH2874 →
- spoiledshâdadproperly, to be burlyH7703 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- chosenmibchârselectH4005 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- MoabMôwʼâbMoab, an incestuous son of LotH4124 →
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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