Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 48:10

10 Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD deceitfully , and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood .

These words seem like the words of the Prophet to the Chaldeans, inciting them to go on valiantly against the Moabites, calling it the work of the Lord, which he would have done, and to which he had called them.

There is a time to withhold our hands from shedding blood, and that is alwayes when we have not a special Authority, and call from God to it; and there is a time when God will curse those that do so withhold their hands, that time is, when God doth require the shedding of it.

Marginal references: See Judg. 5.23.; Or▪ n[illegible: 1 letter]gligently.