Jeremiah 48:26
Make ye him drunken, Because against Yahweh, hath he magnified himself; So shall, Moab, stagger, into his own vomit, And shall become a derision, even he!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25Cut off is the horn of Moab, Yea, his arm, is broken,—Declareth Yahweh.
Cross References
Exodus 9:17Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my people—in not letting them go?
Job 15:25Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
Psalms 59:8Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, wilt laugh at them, Thou wilt mock at all nations.
Psalms 75:8For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,—Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
Isaiah 19:14Yahweh, hath infused in her midst, a spirit of perverseness,—And they have led Egypt astray into all his own doings, As a drunken man staggereth into his own vomit;
Isaiah 29:9Stand ye stock still and stare, Besmear your eyes and be blind,—They are drunken but not with wine, They reel, 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 →