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Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
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The Metaphor of Stagnant Wine
Commentators explain that Jeremiah compares Moab to wine left on its "lees" (sediment). Just as undisturbed wine retains its original strong flavor, Moab's long history of peace and prosperity, without the "pouring" of hardship or exile, has allowed its national character—marked by pride and complacency—to become deeply ingrained and unchanged.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Moab, from the time it conquered the Emims (Deuteronomy 2:9–10) and so became a nation, had retained quiet possession of its land and e…
19th Century
Anglican
He has settled on his lees.—The image, found also in Zephaniah 1:12, is drawn from the practice of pouring wine from one …
16th Century
Protestant
Here he expresses more clearly what we have seen before: that Moab in vain promised itself perpetual impunity because it had been prosperous for a …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moab has been at ease from his youth Lived in great peace and prosperity from the time they became a kingdom; being …
