Study it in the app“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has rested quietly on his lees, and he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, and into exile he has not gone; therefore his taste has remained in him, and his scent has not changed.”
Moabמוֹאָבhas been at easeשַׁאֲנַןfrom his youth,מִנְּעוּרָיוand heוְ הוּאhas rested quietlyשֹׁקֵטon his lees,אֶל שְׁמָרָיוand he has notוְלֹאbeen emptiedהוּרַקfrom vesselמִכְּלִיto vessel,אֶל כֶּלִיand into exileוּבַגּוֹלָהhe has notלֹאgone;הָלָךְthereforeעַל כֵּןhis tasteטַעְמוֹhas remainedעָמַדin him,בּוֹand his scentוְרֵיחוֹhas notלֹאchanged.נָמָר
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsbe at ease
To be at ease, quiet, without alarm.
Where else “shaanan” appearsyouth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neuray” appearsbe at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “shoket” appearsdregs
What settles at the bottom of wine.
Where else “shemaray” appearsempty
To leave a sack, jar or net without its contents, pouring them out.
Where else “hurak” appearsvessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appearsexile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appearstaste
What is felt in the mouth when eating: the flavor of a food.
Where else “tam” appearsendure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “amad” appearsaroma, smell
Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.
Where else “rech” appearschange
To make something different from what it was, or become other.
Where else “namar” appearsThe image is that of wine left to rest on its sediment without being poured into another vessel.
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
10Cursed is the one who does the work of YHWH negligently, and cursed is the one who holds back his sword from blood.
11 · This verse (above)
12Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will send to him pourers, and they will pour him off, and his vessels they will empty, and their jars they will smash.
