Jeremiah 48:26

“Make ye him drunken, etc.] Not with wine, but with the cup of divine wrath; with the vengeance of God; with sore judgments, afflictions, and calamities; give him his fill of them, till he is quite intoxicated with them, and has lost his senses, and is brought to madness and distraction, and reels, and staggers, and falls to the ground, like a drunken man; and his state and kingdom is quite ruined: this is said to the enemies of Moab, the king of Babylon and his army: for he magnified [himself] against the Lord; made himself as great as he; yea, set himself above him; thought himself out of his reach; spoke proudly, haughtily, and contemptibly of him, and blasphemously against him, as if he…”

“drunken--(see on Jer 13:12; Jer 25:17). Intoxicated with the cup of divine wrath, so as to be in helpless distraction. magnified . . . against . . . Lord--boasted arrogantly against God's people, that whereas Israel was fallen, Moab remained flourishing. wallow in . . . vomit--following up the image of a drunken man, that is, shall be so afflicted by God's wrath as to disgorge all his past pride, riches, and vainglory, and fall in his shameful abasement. he also . . . derision--He in his disaster shall be an object of derision to us, as we in ours have been to him (Jer 48:27). Retribution in kind.”

“Make ye him drunken - With the wine-cup of God’s fury, until terror deprive him of his senses. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Drunken - Fill him with the intoxicating wine of God's vengeance. Jeremiah 48:27”

“48:26-27 Moab’s hatred for Israel was ultimately against the Lord.”

“ye him: Jer 13:13, Jer 13:14, Jer 25:15-17, Jer 25:27-29, Jer 51:7, Jer 51:39, Jer 51:57; Psa 60:3, Psa 75:8; Isa 29:9; Isa 51:17, Isa 63:6; Lam 3:15, Lam 4:21; Eze 23:31-34; Nah 3:11; Rev 16:19 for he: Jer 48:42; Exo 5:2, Exo 9:17; Job 9:4; Isa 10:15; Eze 35:12, Eze 35:13; Dan 5:23; Dan 8:11, Dan 8:12, Dan 11:36; Zep 2:8-10; Th2 2:4 wallow: Isa 19:14, Isa 29:9; Hab 2:16 and he also: Jer 48:39; Psa 2:4, Psa 59:8; Lam 1:21; Eze 23:32 Jeremiah 48:27”

“Moab's haughtiness and deplorable fall. - Jer 48:26. "Make him drunk - for he hath boasted against Jahveh - so that Moab shall splash down into his vomit, and himself become a laughing-stock. Jer 48:27. Was not Israel a laughing-stock to thee, or was he found among thieves? for whenever thou spakest of him, thou didst shake thine head. Jer 48:28. Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, ye inhabitants of Moab; and be ye like a dove \[that\] builds its nest in the sides of the mouth of a pit. Jer 48:29. We have heard the very arrogant pride of Moab, his haughtiness, and his arrogance, and his high-mindedness, and his elation of mind. Jer 48:30. I know, saith Jahveh, his wrath, and the…”