Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab will be confounded by Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was shamed by Bethel, in which they had faith.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
In Context
14How can you say: ‘We are strong and robust men of battle?’
Cross References
Judges 11:24Are not the things that your god Chemosh possesses owed to you by right? And so, what the Lord our God has obtained by victory falls to us as a possession.
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a shrine for Chemosh, the idol of Moab, on the mount that is opposite Jerusalem, and for Milcom, the idol of the sons of Ammon.
1 Kings 12:29And he stationed one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
1 Kings 18:40And Elijah said to them, “Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape.” And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.
Isaiah 2:20In that day, man shall cast aside his idols of silver and his images of gold, which he had made for himself, as if to reverence the moles and the bats.
Isaiah 45:16They have all been confounded and should be ashamed! These fabricators of errors have departed together into confusion!
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:2-14
The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 1 Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little… Read the whole commentary →