Jeremiah 48:11

Translations

Modern

Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Traditional

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Literal

Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has been resting upon his dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, and into exile he has not gone. Upon thus his taste in him stands, and his scent has not changed.

Latin

Fertilis fuit Moab ab adolescentia sua, et requievit in fæcibus suis: nec transfusus est de vase in vas, et in transmigrationem non abiit: idcirco permansit gustus ejus in eo, et odor ejus non est immutatus.

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English

Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Notes

Jeremiah 48:11–12

Moab enjoyed a long history of peace and a culture its people valued greatly. Moab had many vineyards. After squeezing the grape juice, they stored the wine in clay flasks until it became fragrant and smooth.

Jeremiah 48:1–47

Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.

Jeremiah 48:1–49:6

The Lord ordered the destruction and future rebuilding of Moab and Ammon. These two nations came from Lot, who was Abraham's nephew (Genesis 19:36–38).

Theme notes and profiles

Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Zephaniah 1:12
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
Zechariah 1:15
…but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
Nahum 2:2
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
Ezekiel 16:49–50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
Psalm 123:4
We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Isaiah 16:6
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
Psalm 55:19
God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Psalm 73:4–8
They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
Isaiah 24:3
The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
Isaiah 25:6
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
Jeremiah 51:34
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Heshbon Horonaim Kiriathaim Lees Moab, Moabites Nations Nebo (Place) Zoar

Topics

Confidence: False Lees: Settlings of Wine Moabites: Prosperous and at Ease National Sins: Often Caused by Prosperity Wine: Refined

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