Jeremiah:48

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mhcc @Jeremiah:48:1-13 . @ Verse 1-13 . - The Chaldeans are to destroy the Moabites . We should be thankful that we are required to seek the salvation of men 's lives , and the salvation of their souls , not to shed their blood ; but we shall be the more without excuse if we do this pleasant work deceitfully . The cities shall be laid in ruins , and the country shall be wasted . There will be great sorrow . There will be great hurry . If any could give wings to sinners , still they could not fly out of the reach of Divine indignation . There are many who persist in unrepented iniquity , yet long enjoy outward prosperity . They had been long corrupt and unreformed , secure and sensual in prosperity . They have no changes of their peace and prosperity , therefore their hearts and lives are unchanged , Psalms strkjv @55:19 . mhcc @Jeremiah:48:14-47 . @ Verse 14-47 . - The destruction of Moab is further prophesied , to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble , or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it . In reading this long roll of threatenings , and mediating on the terror , it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God 's anger and the terror of his judgments , and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath , than to search into all the figures and expressions here used . Yet it is not perpetual destruction . The chapter ends with a promise of their return out of captivity in the latter days . Even with Moabites God will not contend for ever , nor be always wroth . The Jews refer it to the days of the Messiah ; then the captives of the Gentiles , under the yoke of sin and Satan , shall be brought back by Divine grace , which shall make them free indeed . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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