(Jeremiah 48:32) with the weeping of Jazer i.e. in sympathy with the weeping of J. I will water thee lit. drench thee.

for the shouting … fallen Render with R.V.: for upon thy summer-fruits (or rather "fruit-gathering") and upon thy harvest the battle shout is fallen. The word for "shout" (hêdâd) is used both of the joyous shout of the wine-treaders (Jeremiah 25:30) and of the wild war-cry of soldiers in a charge (Jeremiah 51:14). It has the former sense in Isaiah 16:10, but the latter here. "Harvest" is used for "vintage" (qâçîrfor bâçîr) as in ch. Isaiah 18:5 (see the note).

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