Jeremiah 48:26 ““Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so…”

Jeremiah 48:26

“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

World English Bible

“Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will be in derision.

American Standard Version

Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Geneva Bible 1599

Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himselfe against the Lord: Moab shall wallowe in his vomite, and he also shalbe in derision.

Darby Translation

Make him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Young's Literal Translation

Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision — even he.

Bible in Basic English

Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

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Cross references

“ye him”

Jeremiah 51:39 Isaiah 29:9 Jeremiah 51:7 Lamentations 4:21 Jeremiah 25:15–17 Jeremiah 25:27–29

Jeremiah 51:39 · BSB

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Isaiah 29:9 · BSB

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

Jeremiah 51:7 · BSB

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

Lamentations 4:21 · BSB

So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Jeremiah 25:15–17 · BSB

This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Jeremiah 25:27–29 · BSB

“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’

“for he”

Jeremiah 48:42 Exodus 5:2 Daniel 5:23 Exodus 9:17 Job 9:4 Isaiah 10:15

Jeremiah 48:42 · BSB

Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

Daniel 5:23 · BSB

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and…

Exodus 9:17 · BSB

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Job 9:4 · BSB

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Isaiah 10:15 · BSB

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

“wallow”

Isaiah 19:14 Habakkuk 2:16

Isaiah 19:14 · BSB

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

Habakkuk 2:16 · BSB

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

“and he also”

Jeremiah 48:39 Psalm 2:4 Psalm 59:8 Lamentations 1:21 Ezekiel 23:32

Jeremiah 48:39 · BSB

“How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”

Psalm 2:4 · BSB

The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.

Psalm 59:8 · BSB

But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

Lamentations 1:21 · BSB

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

Ezekiel 23:32 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.

27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.

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