Jeremiah 48:2

There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB - - (Isaiah 16:14, "The glory of Moab shall be contemned"). IN HESHBON. The foe having taken Heshbon, the chief city of Moab, in it "devised evil" against Moab ("it"), saying, "Come, and let us cut it off." (Compare Jeremiah 48:45, "a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour ... Moab"). Heshbon was midway between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; it was the residence of Sihon king of the Amorites, and afterward a Levi...

The Prophet, as before, does not speak in an ordinary way, but declares in lofty terms what God had committed to him, in order that he might terrify the Moabites; not indeed that they heard his threatenings, but it was necessary that he should denounce vengeance in this vehement manner, that the Jews might know that the cruelty and pride of the Moabites, hereafter mentioned, would not go unpunished. Hence he says, _No more shall be the praise _or the boasting _of Moab over Heshbon _We may learn from this place and from others, that Heshbon had been taken from the Moabites; for it was occupied by God’s people, because the Moabites had lost it, as Moses relates in Numbers 21:30, and in Deuteronomy 2:26, etc. But (as things change) when the Moabites became strong, they took away this city from the Israelites. Hence the Prophet says, that there would b

Verse Jeremiah 48:2. _NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB_] "The glory of Moab, that it had never been conquered," (_Dahler_,) is now at an end. Dr. _Blayney_ translates: - "Moab shall have no more glorying in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her (saying.)" And this most certainly is the best translation of the original. He has marked also a double _paronomasia_ in this and the next verse, a figure in which the prophets delight; בחשבון חשבו _becheshbon chashebu_, "in Cheshbon they have devised," and מדמן תדמי _madmen tiddommi_, "Madmena, thou shalt be dumb....

NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB - literally, “The glory of Moab is no more,” i. e., Moab has no more cause for boasting. HESHBON - This town now belonged to the Ammonites Jeremiah 49:3 but was on the border. The enemy encamped there arranges the plan of his campaign against Moab. In the original there is a play of words upon the names Heshbon and Madmen....

EXPOSITION This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to interpolation. For instance: 1.Jeremiah 48:29-24 recur in Isaiah 16:6; Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 15:5, Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 16:12, Isaiah 16:11;...

[THERE SHALL BE] NO MORE PRAISE OF MOAB,.... It shall be no more commended for a rich, populous, and fruitful country, being now laid waste; though the next phrase, IN HESHBON, or "concerning Heshbon" b, should be read in connection with this; and then the sense is, there shall be none any more in Heshbon to praise the country of Moab, what a fine and fertile country it is, since that city will be destroyed also; or there will be no more a Moabite to boast of his being an inhabitant in Heshbon, such an utter destruction will be made of it; or there will be no more boasting of Moab, or of any Moabite concerning Heshbon, what a famous, opulent, or strong city that is, since it is no more. Of this city Isaiah 15:4; THEY HAVE DEVISED EVIL AGAINST IT; that is, the Chaldeans devised evil against Heshbon, to besiege it, take and destroy it: there is

CHAPTER 48 Concerning Moab _ 1. The overthrow of Moab (Jeremiah 48:1) _ 2. The humiliation of Moab (Jeremiah 48:11) 3. Reaping what they sowed (Jeremiah 48:20) 4. Destroyed on account of its pride (Jeremiah 48:29) With these divisions the chapter may be studied in detail. Moab was of incestuous off spring Genesis 19:37. Israel is now exhorted to flee and save itself because Moab is to be destroyed. Moab's national deity was Chemosh, who was also worshipped by the sister nation, the

JEREMIAH 48. MOAB (the territory E. of the Dead Sea, from Wady Kerak in the S. to the neighbourhood of Heshbon in the N.). Many of the numerous places named in this prophecy will be found on G. A. Smith's map, though some of his identifications are disputable; others such as Misgah (Jeremiah 48:1) are quite unknown. Much of this chapter is almost certainly later than Jeremiah, as it incorporates parts of Isaiah 15 f. (note _mgg.),_ an elegy apparently of the fifth century. JEREMIAH 48:1. The spoiling of the cities of Moab, and the end of her glory (praise, Jeremiah 48:2), are declared. The lamentation of the Moabites is described ...

HESHBON. Now _Hesban._ The capital of Sihon king of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reubenites (Numbers 32:37. Compare Joshua 13:17). DEVISED. counselled. Note Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. _Heshbon, hashbu._ EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. BE CUT DOWN. be reduced to silence. MADMEN. Now _Umm Deineh,_. town in Moab twelve miles N. E. of Dibon....

_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