Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, in which they trusted.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 do you say: We are valiant, and stout men in battle?
Cross References
Judges 11:24Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be our possession:
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:
1 Kings 18:40And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there.
Isaiah 2:20In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which he had made for himself to adore, moles and bats.
Isaiah 45:16They are all confounded and ashamed: the forgers of errors are gone 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 →