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False Trust Jeremiah 48:7-13 Moab Lot’s eldest daughter’s son. The name means, “from my father.” Moab has always been troublesome to Israel. The Sin of Moab Verse 7 They were secure, trusting in their wealth and strength. They had gone to great lengths to fortify their cities and fill their treasure houses with wealth. They thought themselves in as good a posture for war as anyone could be. God Authors The Destruction of Moab. The destroyer will come because they have not given their trust completely to God. The destroyer will come because they have not made a proper improvement in the days of their peace and prosperity.
The Days of Ease Verse 11 Moab had not known any troublesome weakening changes.
Wine will thus retain its own strength and body. He had been secure and sensual in his prosperity.
Like wine from the lees. The Destruction Verse 10 This destruction goes against the grain of men of compassion, but it is the work of the Lord and must not be done in halves. No halfhearted service.
The Chaldeans were given the charge to destroy the Moabites.
Then they would bring a curse upon themselves like Saul did in not destroying the Amalekites, and Ahab by letting Benhadad go free. Verse 12 And so the days are coning—it is Yahweh who speaks—when I shall send him decanters to decant him; they will empty his storage jars and break his amphorae to bits. (Jerusalem Bible) |
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