Jeremiah 48:26
Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall become [an object] of derision.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
25Hewn away is the horn of Moab, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 9:17If thou dost yet wantonly oppress my people, so as not to let them go:
Job 15:25Because he had stretched out against God his hand, and strengthened himself against the Almighty;
Psalms 59:8(59:9) But thou, O Lord, wilt laugh at theme: thou wilt hold in derision all the nations.
Psalms 75:8(75:9) For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foameth, it is full of mixture: and he poureth out of the same; but its lees they drain, they drink—all the wicked of the earth.
Isaiah 19:14The Lord hath poured out in the midst thereof a spirit of perverseness: and they have led Egypt astray in all its work, as a drunkard reeleth astray in his vomit.
Isaiah 29:9Stay but still and wonder; turn your eyes away, and be blinded; they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:15-47
The Judgment of Moab. ( b. c. 605.) 14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 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. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. 17 All 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! 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy… Read the whole commentary →