Jer 48:1 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.
Jeremiah speaks here to a descendant of LOT by his own daughter, named Moab. Why would God speak to Moab specifically? If you recall, Lot escaped the last time a city was destroyed by God, but THIS time no one is going to Escape! Not even the son of Lot, the previous one who escaped.
Since this is the case we must observe where Mt. Nebo is also located. It is the mountain that overlooks the river Jordan, where Moses would see the promised land, but not be able to enter into the promised land. You see, Jeremiah prophesies of the LAST DAYS, when the promised land will be visible only by God’s elect, such as Moses.
Nebo meant “learning”. Moab’s people are located in this area. They represent people today who are self righteous in their religious institutions of learning, but don’t know anything of the Bible itself, where true knowledge is found. This is further documented by the word Misgab which means the “HIGHEST court in the land” is confounded and confused.
Nebo (they should be learning), but instead they are confounded. Just like Lot was confounded even when his city was destroyed, there will be people in the latter days that appear religious, even very learned in the ways of men and rituals/traditions thereof, but their claims of “holiness” and “religiousness” does not clear up their confusion.
The people of Moab picture the religious leaders of the LATTER DAYS. They could be located anywhere on the earth, but mostly in the Christian nations where false gospels and traditions of men are taught.
Jer 48:2 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.
There shall be no more praise for Moab, but Moab pictures people in the LATTER days who have praise, they have Nebo, the great mountain of learning!
Heshbon means “strong-hold”, and IN that strong hold they have devised evil.
A strong-hold is defined in ENGLISH as:
1. (Military / Fortifications) a defensible place; fortress
2. a major centre or area of predominance
The Hebrew is much more descriptive : Heshbon 2808 חֶשְׁבּוֹן from 2803 chashab
H2803; properly contrivance; by implication intelligence: – account, device, reason.
châshab
khaw-shab’
A primitive root; properly to plait or interpenetrate, that is, (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute:
In other words. They got some nasty DOCTRINES, that have been CONTRIVED through pervasive false logic.
Madmen, when translated from the Hebrew means DUNGHILL. God doesn’t like their “strong-holds” of tradition and false doctrine! He will pursue it with the sword and the great fortresses of “NEBO” will be brought down.
Jer 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Horonaim means two caverns, which means they were divided and never knowing which way to go.
Jer 48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
If Moab was so smart, they’d teach their children the truth, but they themselves are lost in traditions of men and false gospels.
Jer 48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Luhith is a table made of boards.
Jer 48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
This is the people saying “flee” to save your life, and “be like the heath in the wilderness”. The Heath was a plant that grew at the mouth of a cave and just when it got a little green, the mountain goat would come and crop it off. You cannot create your own salvation from the King of Babylon, smart religious people of Nebo and run like cowards into the wilderness for protection!
Jer 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Chemosh means subduer, and was one of their false gods with a false gospel. We have people today that have dragged idolatry right into the churches, like EASHTAR, the fertility goddess. They WILL take part in the great apostasy.
Jer 48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
EVERY city will the King of Babylon come upon. In the futurist sense satan will come upon the entire earth, the spoiler that is to say satan himself claiming to be the messiah.
Jer 48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
This teaches against all who would say that people will GET away from the King of Babylon (satan in the time to come). It will seem like no one dwelling therein has knowledge of the truth.
Jer 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Oh yeah, there will be some out there that will withhold the TRUTH written in Jeremiah and try to keep back that which the people need to hear. Instead they spill their lies about traditions of men and false covenants and false gospels, and a whole MOUNTAIN full of untruth! Woe unto MOUNT NEBO, the great god of learning!
Jer 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
This verse is talking about the art of WINE-MAKING. Good wine has a sweet taste when left set, but bad wine doesn’t have the sweet scent and tastes like vinegar, basically good for nothing! This directly refers to the spiritual condition of people today who have adopted false gospels and gone unpunished by our Heavenly Father, whereas they weren’t corrected “emptied from vessel to vessel”, but just kept false doctrine and it has soured them!
Jer 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
This should be translated “Cellar tender” that shall use a “cellar ladder” to lift the wine bottles and take that worthless junk and POUR IT OUT , out of their houses of religion or church houses!
Jer 48:13 And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.
Chemosh was their RELIGION, and they will be just as ashamed of their church houses, as Israel will be of BETH-EL, which means “house of God”. In other words, Jereboam moved two golden calves into Beth-el to make religion easier for those people, hence corrupting their churches with false doctrine.
Jer 48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
How can they say we are great fighters, when their running away the first chance they get? You need the gospel armor to fight this war, not a jet pack to fly out of here.
Jer 48:15 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.
They are spoiled, even spoiled rotten. Wallowing in false doctrine, and running away like scared rabbits, they aren’t any men of war at all, but mown down like blades of grass for the slaughter. They were unprepared and listened to the message of false prophets.
Jer 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
The calamity of Moab was found IN THE CHURCHES, and it will be revealed and corrected one day, in the LATTER DAYS, and God says here it hasteneth fast and they will come to knowledge of their affliction. These Latter day saints are nothing more than latter day losers, that are Biblically illiterate babies.
Jer 48:17 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!
The beautiful rod is actually a symbol for the elect, meaning Almond branch. They are the ones with the truth, because they are the first to “wake up” in those LATTER DAYS. Unfortunately, these Moabites have allowed “Chemosh”, false religion to come in and broken Moab down to nothing.
Jer 48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
Dibon means “wasting”. Sit in thirst should be translated to “sit in the dust of this strange land”. Satan crawls in the dust and this “daughter” (meaning Moab’s religion) will get out and roll with satan, thinking they are doing ok.
Jer 48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Aroer means “ruins”, and they will ask, “what happened”? Many today ask the same thing because this is about the LATTER days. They don’t know what is going on, people are fleeing and escaping, and all that is left is ruins. No one knows why these great people are fallen to ruins. It’s basically because of the creeping of false religion and false doctrine of the people of God.
Jer 48:20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Moab is the Adamic people. For the most part they are the Christian nations, and they have fallen from their sovereignty they once had, yes, that is indicating even America. They are simply giving it away through apostasy in these LATTER DAY Moabites. We must absorb the picture here of a failing nation of Adamic people, meaning there isn’t very many righteous in the LATTER DAY.
Jer 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
Holon (the sand), Jahazah (trodden down), Mephaath (splendor height). These names help tell the story of the great nation which is now “trodden down” even from its great splendor.
Jer 48:22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
Bethdiblathaim is “house” (beth) of the fig cakes. This is a direct reference to the LATTER DAY non-saints of Moab. The fig tree is a symbol of the people of Israel, started in Genesis, picked up in Jeremiah, and concluded by Christ Yashua in the gospels. This prophecy concerns a people in whom the elect even dwell in the LATTER DAYS those saints are among those who have been trodden down with apostasy.
Jer 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
translated right it should read BethBAALmeon, meaning “house of baal”. The problem is that they are baal worshippers and don’t even know it, by letting so many traditions of men into the “church” that God’s Word is made void.
Jer 48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Kerioth is (the cities) and Bozrah the strong cities, it happened to ALL of them!
Jer 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
His authority (the horn), power, or strength is broken, in other words their power to protect is gone.
Jer 48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
He is going to be mocked because he gets so drunken with his confusion that it’s likened to a drunk that vomits and falls in it. That means it’s God’s opinion because they pay Him no honor.
It seems that LATTER DAY HOLY JOES today even make themselves equal with God. God doesn’t look kindly on people who do this, and they’re too drunk in their own “gospel” to know that they’re FAR FAR from God and His word.
It is a sad thing that some people today cannot take time to read God’s Word it is so simple and straight forward when read chapter by chapter and verse by verse.