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Jeremiah 48:13 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Jeremiah 48:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 48 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.”
Jeremiah 48:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 48:13
Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh (וּבֹשׁ מוֹאָב מִכְּמוֹשׁ)—Kemosh was Moab's national deity (Numbers 21:29; 1 Kings 11:7), to whom children were sacrificed. As the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence (כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּשׁוּ בֵית־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִבֵּית אֵל מִבְטַחָם)—Jeremiah compares Chemosh's failure to defend Moab with Bethel's golden calf failing to protect northern Israel during Assyria's conquest (722 BC).The verse demolishes false confidence in religious systems divorced from the true God. Both Bethel (corrupted worship) and Chemosh (pagan idolatry) proved powerless in crisis...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 48:13
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“yes”
“Thy calf”
“They shall howl”
“them will we possess.”
“when he wearies himself on the high place”
“Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon”
“nor enter into Gilgal”
“behold”
“and made two calves of gold; and he said to them”
“O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive”