Jeremiah 48:2

in Heshbon they have devised There is a play on the two Hebrew words thus rendered (b"Ḥeshbon ḥash'bu) which might be represented in English by in Devizes they have devised. Heshbon, one of the chief cities of Moab, lay to the N. E. of the Dead Sea, and was considered the N. boundary of Moab till Reuben, on entering Palestine, claimed the territory between it and the Arnon which enters the Dead Sea about the middle of its E. side. Of the cities assigned (Joshua 13:15 ff.) to Reuben many are here mentioned as occupied by Moab. Hence the constant hostility between Moab and Israel (Judges 3:12 ff.; 1 Samuel 14:47, etc.).

O Madmen, shalt be brought to silence Here again there is a play on the sound in the Hebrew which is, Madmên, tiddômmi. But perhaps we should read with the LXX and Syr. thou(i.e. Moab) shalt be utterly brought to silence.