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And I will make ceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּיin Moab,לְמוֹאָבdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהthe one who offersמַעֲלֶהon a high placeבָמָהand the one who offers up smokeוּמַקְטִירto his gods.לֵאלֹהָיו
Jeremiah 48:35
Study it in the app“And I will make cease in Moab, declares YHWH, the one who offers on a high place and the one who offers up smoke to his gods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:35, word by word
- And I will make ceaseהִשְׁבַּתִּיhishbati
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “hishbati” appears- in Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the one who offersמַעֲלֶהmaale
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “maale” appears- on a high placeבָמָהvama
high place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “vama” appears- and the one who offers up smokeמַקְטִירmaktir
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “maktir” appears- to his godsאלֹהָיlohay
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohay” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
34From the outcry of Heshbon to Elealeh, to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will be desolations.
35 · This verse (above)
36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like flutes, and my heart for the men of Kir-heres moans like flutes; therefore the surplus he had made has perished.