Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 48:46
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Verse 46. The people of Chemosh] The Moabites, who worshipped Chemosh as their supreme god.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The prophet, closing the threatening part of his prophecy against Moab, repeateth the same thing which he had often said, that the Moabites should be carried into captivity by the king of Babylon, and denounceth a woe unto them upon that account.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
46. Copied from Nu21:29.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth,…. The inhabitants of Moab, who worshipped the idol Chemosh; of which see Jer 48:7; and so called his people, as Israel were called the people of the Lord; now these, notwithstanding their idol, whom they worshipped, and in whom they trusted, should perish; and sad and deplorable would be their condition and circumstances:
for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives; this explains the woe that should come upon them, and in what sense they should perish; since their sons and daughters, who they hoped would have continued their name and nation, were taken, and would be carried captives into Babylon; see Nu 21:29.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Here the Prophet, as he comes to the end of his prophecy, suddenly exclaims, Woe to thee ! as though he had said, that words failed him to express the grievousness of God’s vengeance. There is then more force in this single expression, than if he had at large described the miseries of that nation. He then adds, The people of Chemosh have perished The Prophet again intimates, that the Moabites vainly confided in their idol, Chemosh; they thought that there would be a sure safety to them from their god, who was, as they commonly say, a tutelar god. But the Prophet says, that their superstition would avail them nothing, for they and their idol would perish together. He exults over this fictitious god, that on the other hand he might extol the power of the only true God. For there is here an implied contrast between the God of Israel and Chemosh whom the Moabites worshipped.
He then adds, Thy sons and thy daughters shall be carried away into captivity The Prophet does not seem here to continue the same subject; for he had said before that ruin or destruction was coming on the Moabites, but he now mitigates that punishment, and speaks only of exile. But as captivity is like death, as it abolishes the name of a nation, he speaks correctly and suitably. And then we must observe, that God, for a time, so executed his vengeance on the Moabites, that he left them some hope as to the future, according to what follows in the last verse —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Jer 48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Ver. 46. Woe be unto thee, O Moab. ] See Num 21:29 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Woe, &c. Figure of speech Maledictio. App-6.
the people of Chemosh. Reference to Pentateuch (Num 21:29).
perisheth. Same word as “undone” in Num 21:29.
captives = in the captivity (masculine)
captives. Feminine.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Woe: Num 21:29
the people: Jer 48:7, Jer 48:13, Jdg 11:24, 1Ki 11:7, 2Ki 23:13
captives: Heb. in captivity
Reciprocal: Num 21:28 – a fire Isa 16:12 – he shall Isa 16:14 – and the remnant
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 48:46. The people of Chemosh means the Moabites who relied on this god for protection. Instead of help from this false god his worshipers were to perish.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
48:46 Woe be to thee, O Moab! the people of {b} Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
(b) Who vaunted themselves of their idol as though he could have defended them.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Moab would experience "woe." The people of Moab, their god Chemosh’s people, would perish, and their children would go into captivity (cf. Num 21:28-29; Num 24:17).