Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
13. shall be ashamed ] See on Jer 2:26.
was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence ] Bethel was the southern seat of Jeroboam’s idolatrous worship. But Israel found their confidence in the worship there misplaced, when Shalmaneser carried them away. Cp. Amo 5:5. Pe. remarks that the mention of Bethel and not Jerusalem in this connexion is a noteworthy proof that this ch. contains a pre-exilic element.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Israel was ashamed of Beth-el – After Salmaneser had carried Israel away, they could trust no longer in the calf of Bethel established by Jeroboam.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. Beth-el their confidence.] Alluding to the golden calves which Jeroboam had there set up, and commanded all the Israelites to worship.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
It is a natural and a penal shame which is here spoken of; we are naturally ashamed when we have reposed a great confidence in, and made great boasts of, a thing which, when it comes to be tried, proveth of no use, but mischievous to us.
Chemosh was their great idol, in which the Moabites had great confidence, and of which they boasted; the prophet tells them they should be ashamed of this idol, or for this idol; as the Israelites, that is, the ten tribes, were ashamed of or for the golden calves, which Jeroboam set up at Dan and Beth-el, which were the cause of ruin to those tribes. Confidences in any thing but in God alone in a time of danger will bring both natural and penal shame.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13. ashamedhave the shame ofdisappointment as to the hopes they entertained of aid from Chemosh,their idol.
Beth-el (1Ki 12:27;1Ki 12:29) that is, thegolden calf set up there by Jeroboam.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh,…. His idol; see
Jer 48:7; of his worship of him, prayers to him, and confidence in him; he not being able to save him from the destruction of the Chaldeans, and being carried captive by them; he himself also going into captivity:
as the house of Israel were ashamed of Bethel their confidence; that is, of the golden calf that was set up in Bethel by Jeroboam, and which the ten tribes of Israel worshipped, and in which they trusted; but that could not save them from being carried captive by the Assyrians; and so were ashamed of it, and of their idolatrous worship, and vain confidence.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
We may see more clearly from this verse, that the Prophet does not so much address the Moabites as his own people; for he was not a teacher to the Moabites to promote their safety; on the contrary, he intended his doctrine for the benefit of the Jews, as in the present instance.
Ashamed, he says, shall Moab be of his idol: for we have said that Chemosh was the god of the Moabites, as every nation had its own peculiar god, even its own invention. Now, the comparison made here shews that the Prophet wished to exhort the people, to whom he was appointed a teacher, to repentance; for he set before them the example of the ten tribes. And we know that at the time Jeremiah announced this prophecy, the kingdom of Israel was destroyed. All the Israelites, then, had been driven into exile except the tribe of Judah and the half tribe of Benjamin. Now, the ten tribes, as it is well known, had, under Jeroboam, departed from the pure worship of God, and had built for themselves an altar in Bethel. Hence, then, the Prophet now says, As ashamed were the Israelites of their superstitions, which they had devised for themselves, so a similar vengeance of God awaited the people of Moab; and thus he shews to the Jews what it is to trust in the only true God. The Jews were not, indeed, involved in so gross a superstition as to worship idols, at least publicly; but Ezekiel shews that they also were contaminated with this kind of pollution, and that the very sanctuary was defiled with idols; and at the same time the worship of God, according to the Law, continued to be celebrated. But the Jews had nothing but the external form: they had, indeed, the temple and the altar, they professed to worship the true God, but in the meantime impiety and contempt of true religion prevailed among them, and they had begun to involve themselves in many ungodly superstitions, as we have before seen.
What, then, does Jeremiah now do? He sets before their eyes the ten tribes whom God had destroyed, though the Israelites, as well as the Jews, had descended from the same father, even Abraham. As, then, God had inflicted so heavy a punishment on the kingdom of Israel, he now shews to the Jews, that the punishment of the Moabites was not less probable; and why? because they have, he says, their idol. God shews that this was a most atrocious wickedness, by which the Moabites had provoked his anger; for there is nothing less intolerable than for men to transfer the glory of God to their own inventions, to statues, to logs of wood, to stones, or to idols of gold and silver. We now, then, understand the object of the Prophet. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(13) Beth-el their confidence.The name of the sanctuary stands for the golden calf that was worshipped there as the symbol of Jehovah (1Ki. 12:29; Amo. 7:10). That worship had been put to shame in the captivity of the Ten Tribes. So also should it be with the Chemosh-worship of Moab.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
13. As the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el That is, of their golden calf at Beth-el.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Ver. 13. As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel. ] When their golden calf was carried into captivity.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as = according as.
the house of Israel. See note on Jer 2:4. The last occurrence in Jeremiah.
Beth-el. Reference to the calves of Jeroboam (1Ki 12:29. Hos 10:5).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
ashamed: Jer 48:7, Jer 48:39, Jer 48:46, Jdg 11:24, 1Sa 5:3-7, 1Ki 11:7, 1Ki 18:26-29, 1Ki 18:40, Isa 2:20, Isa 16:12, Isa 45:16, Isa 45:20, Isa 46:1, Isa 46:2
as the: 1Ki 12:28, 1Ki 12:29, Hos 8:5, Hos 8:6, Hos 10:5, Hos 10:6, Hos 10:14, Hos 10:15, Amo 5:5, Amo 5:6
Reciprocal: Num 21:29 – General 2Ki 23:13 – Chemosh
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 48:13. Bethel was one of the places where the 10-tribe kingdom of Israel set up the golden calves for idolatrous worship (1Ki 12:29). That did not save Israel from the shame of captivity (2 Kings 17). neither was the Idol god Che.moxh. going to save Moab In the day of its humiliation.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Jer 48:13-17. And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, &c. They shall be disappointed in their expectations of succour from their tutelary idol, as the ten tribes have been in the trust they reposed in the calf they worshipped at Bethel. Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities The words out of are not in the Hebrew; therefore some render this clause, Moab is spoiled, and the cities to which she ascended; that is, those situated on high eminences. All ye that are about him bemoan him His calamities are so great as must needs make all who see him, or have heard of his former fame and glory, bewail his misfortunes. How is the strong staff broken A staff, or rod, is an emblem of authority, and thence comes to signify a kingdom, or government, especially such a one as oppresses its subjects, or neighbours, Isa 9:4; Isa 10:5.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of {k} Bethel their confidence.
(k) As the calf of Bethel was not able to deliver the Israelites no more will Chemosh deliver the Moabites.