King James Version
Jeremiah 48:26 in the King James Version says “Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall b...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
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.
For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. skippedst: or, movedst thyself
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Make ye him drunken”
H7937to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“himself against the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“for he magnified”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
“also shall wallow”
H5606to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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