Jeremiah 48 · Verse 26

Jeremiah 48:26

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.
Jeremiah 48:26, King James Version

Jeremiah 48:26 in other translations

BSB“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.
WEB“Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will be in derision.
ASVMake ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
YLTDeclare 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.
DARBYMake him drunken, for he magnified himself against Jehovah; and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
BBEMake 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.
WebsterMake ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

What does Jeremiah 48:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. drunken--(see on Jr 13:12; Jr 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 (Jr 48:27). Retribution in kind.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 48:14-47

. The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of…

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Jeremiah 48:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַשְׁכִּירֻ֕הוּhash.ki.Ru.humake drunk itH7937
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הִגְדִּ֑ילhig.Dilit has magnified itselfH1431
וְסָפַ֤קve.sa.Fakand it will splashH5606
מוֹאָב֙mo.'AvMoabH4124
בְּקִיא֔וֹbe.ki.'Oin vomit itsH6892
וְהָיָ֥הve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961
לִשְׂחֹ֖קlis.Chok<into> a laughing stockH7814
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
הֽוּא\׃Hu'itH1931

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Cross references for Jeremiah 48:26

  • Isaiah 19:14

    The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

  • Isaiah 29:9

    Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

  • Jeremiah 48:42

    And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 51:39

    In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.

  • Lamentations 4:21

    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

  • Jeremiah 48:39

    They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.

  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Jeremiah 51:7

    Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

  • Exodus 5:2

    And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

  • Lamentations 1:21

    They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:4

    Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

  • Jeremiah 25:27-29

    Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye him.
13:13,14; 25:15-17,27-29; 51:7,39,57; Ps 60:3; 75:8; Isa 29:9
Isa 51:17; 63:6; La 3:15; 4:21; Eze 23:31-34; Na 3:11; Re 16:19
for he.
42; Ex 5:2; 9:17; Job 9:4; Isa 10:15; Eze 35:12,13; Da 5:23
Da 8:11,12; 11:36; Zep 2:8-10; 2Th 2:4
wallow.
Isa 19:14; 29:9; Hab 2:16
and he also.
39; Ps 2:4; 59:8; La 1:21; Eze 23:32

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Context

  • Jeremiah 48:25

    The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 48:26

    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.

  • Jeremiah 48:27

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

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Jeremiah 48:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Embriagadlo, porque contra Jehová se engrandeció; y revuélquese Moab sobre su vómito, y sea también él por escarnio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Enivrez-le, car il s’est exalté contre l’ Éternel; et Moab se roulera dans son vomissement, et il sera, lui aussi, un objet de dérision.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Berauschet es, -denn wider Jehova hat es großgetan-damit Moab sich wälze in seinem Gespei und auch selbst zum Gelächter werde!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Inebriate eum, quoniam contra Dominum erectus est: et allidet manum Moab in vomitu suo, et erit in derisum etiam ipse.