Jeremiah 48:45

They that fled … Heshbon i.e. the fugitives of Moab in vain seek help from Heshbon, as it is among the first to be overthrown (Jeremiah 48:2).

midst Read house, changing one letter of MT. Heshbon is meant, as the old capital (Numbers 21:26; Deuteronomy 2:26). The Moabites now are to recover it, after it had been held successively by Sihon and the Israelites.

corner rather, the temples of the head. See on Jeremiah 9:25.

the tumultuous ones lit. sons of tumultor din of battle, Moabite warriors. See on Jeremiah 25:31.