Jeremiah 48:13
Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.
World English Bible British
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
14“How do you say, ‘We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war’?
Cross References
Judges 11:24Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
1 Kings 11:7Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings 12:29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
1 Kings 18:40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
Isaiah 2:20In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
Isaiah 45:16They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together.
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 →