Jeremiah 48:12

“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, etc.] This being their case, they should not continue in it; a change would be made, and that in a very short time, as there was; for, according to Josephusf880, it was about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem that the Moabites were subdued by the king of Babylon: that I will send unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander; the Chaldeans, who wandered out of their own country to Moab, directed by the providence of God to come there to do his work; and who, at first, might be treated by the Moabites with contempt, as vagrants, but would soon be made to know that they would cause them to wander; or would remove them out of…”

“wanderers--rather, "pourers out," retaining the image of Jer 48:11, that is, the Chaldeans who shall remove Moab from his settlements, as men pour wine from off the lees into other vessels. "His vessels" are the cities of Moab; the broken "bottles" the men slain [GROTIUS]. The Hebrew and the kindred Arabic word means, "to turn on one side," so as to empty a vessel [MAURER].”

“I will send - tilters “unto him and they shall” tilt “him, and they shall empty his vessels, and break their” pitchers “in pieces.” “Pitchers” originally meant “skins,” but the word came to signify small earthenware jars Isaiah 30:14 : thus the Chaldaeans shall destroy of Moab everything that has contained the wine of her political life both small and great. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Wanderers - The Chaldeans, who wandered from their own country to conquer other people. Break his bottles - He had before compared the Moabites, to wine settled upon the lees, here he saith, that God would send those that should not only disturb, but destroy them. Jeremiah 48:13”

“wanderers: Jer 48:8, Jer 48:15, Jer 25:9; Isa 16:2; Eze 25:9, Eze 25:10 empty: Jer 48:11, Jer 48:38, Jer 14:3, Jer 19:10, Jer 25:34; Psa 2:9; Isa 30:14; Nah 2:2 Jeremiah 48:13”