Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
35. him that offereth in ] This involves a slight modification of MT. which, as it stands, will mean, him that bringeth up (worshippers) to. LXX, omitting one consonant, render him that goeth up to.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That is, every one, or some of all orders, for the Moabites generally were idolaters; though the expressing it under this notion may hint to us also one great cause of this judgment coming upon them, viz. their idolatry.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
35. him that offerethnamely,whole burnt offerings as the Hebrew requires [GROTIUS].Compare the awful burnt offering of the king of Moab (2Ki3:27).
high places (Isa16:12).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places,…. A burnt offering there; that is, the priest, who shall be taken and carried captive, Jer 48:7; even everyone of them; so that there will not be one left to otter sacrifice:
and him that burneth incense to his gods: Chemosh, and others, the Moabites worshipped: this suggests that idolatry was one of the sins for which they were punished; and as all places and all sorts of persons should suffer in this calamity, so likewise idolatrous places, priests, and worshippers.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jer 48:35 ends the strophe of which it is a part; here the Lord declares that He will make to cease (for, or from Moab, lit., to Moab), every one who offers on a high place and burns incense to his gods. cannot be a substantive, else the parallelism would be destroyed. Nor may we, with Hitzig, render “he who raises a high place,” i.e., builds it, for is not used in this sense.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
In this verse the Prophet expresses what he had before referred to, that God would become in such a way the avenger of the pride and cruelty of the Moabites as to punish them for their superstitions. They had descended from a pious father, for they were the posterity of Lot; but they had renounced the worship of the only true God, and had defiled themselves with the pollutions of heathens. Justly then does God declare that he would be the avenger of idolatry, while executing punishment on the pride and cruelty of the Moabites.
Now this passage, as innumerable others, clearly shews that idolatry and all profanation of divine worship, cannot finally escape punishment. God may indeed for a time connive at it, but he must necessarily at last appear as the vindicator of his own glory in punishing superstitions. But, if he spared not the Moabites, to whom the law had not, been given, and who had been corrupted through many long years, how shall they now escape unpunished, to whom God’s Word is daily propounded, and in whose ears it sounds? Let, us then remember that superstitions cannot be endured, for God will at length vindicate his own glory with regard to these abominations; for every superstition is nothing less than a profanation of God’s glory, which is thus transferred to idols and vain inventions.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(35) I will cause to cease in Moab . . .The words indicate that the pilgrimages to the sanctuary of Chemosh, on the mountains of Moab, were a prominent feature in the nations life. One result of the Chaldan conquest would be that they should be brought to an end.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
35. Clause to cease in the high places As the last sign and proof of national desolation.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
Ver. 35. Moreover I will cause to cease. ] Such a scarcity there shall be of people. See Jer 48:7 Num 21:28 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
high places. See note on 1Ki 3:3.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
him that offereth: Jer 48:7, Num 22:40, Num 22:41, Num 28:14, Num 28:28-30, Isa 15:2, Isa 16:12
Reciprocal: Jer 48:2 – Heshbon
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 48:35. The idolatrous practices of Moab were destined to be stopped by the Lord. This would be accomplished by the dearth that would come which would cut short the production of animals and other items commonly used in sacrifices.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Yahweh promised to destroy Moab because of her idolatry.