What is the meaning of Jeremiah 48:26? Make him drunk God commands that Moab be forced to drink the cup of His wrath, an image of disorientation, helplessness, and judgment. • Jeremiah 25:15-16: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath … and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. They will stagger and go mad.” • Psalm 75:8: “For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine … He pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.” • Habakkuk 2:16: “You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Drink, you too, and expose yourself!” The picture is literal judgment expressed through a vivid metaphor: when God makes a people “drunk,” they lose clarity, stability, and strength. because he has magnified himself against the LORD The cause is Moab’s arrogance—boasting over its strength, gods, and wealth while scorning Israel’s God. • Jeremiah 48:42: “Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he has become arrogant against the LORD.” • Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” • Daniel 5:23: “But you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven.” Pride against the Lord is never a private matter; it provokes the covenant God to act, defending His honor and revealing His supremacy. so Moab will wallow in his own vomit The humiliation matches the sin. Drunken nations vomit; Moab will not only vomit but roll in it—publicly disgraced, unable to hide the mess it created. • Proverbs 26:11: “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.” • Isaiah 19:14: “The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of confusion; they have made Egypt stagger in all her deeds as a drunkard staggers.” • Jeremiah 13:13-14: “Every wine jar will be filled with wine … I will smash them against each other.” Moab’s own sins rebound on them; the shame they poured on others now clings to themselves. and he will also become a laughingstock Nations that mocked God’s people will now be ridiculed in turn. Public opinion turns; the very ones they despised will watch their downfall. • Jeremiah 48:27: “Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? …” • Lamentations 2:15-16: “All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads …” • Psalm 2:4: “The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.” The Lord vindicates His name by flipping the script: scoffers become spectacles, and the watching world learns to fear the true God. summary • God’s judgment is pictured as forced intoxication—inescapable, disorienting, and total. • The driving sin is pride: Moab “magnified himself against the LORD,” challenging God’s authority. • The penalty fits the crime: shameful exposure, self-inflicted ruin, and public ridicule. • The passage warns every nation and heart: exalting oneself against the Lord leads inevitably to humiliation, while humble trust in Him ensures honor and security. |
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