Jeremiah 48:5

For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. IN THE GOING UP OF LUHITH ... GOING DOWN OF HORONAIM - Horonaim lay in a plain, Luhith on a height. To the latter, therefore, the Moabites would flee, with "continual weeping," as a place of safety from the Chaldeans. CONTINUAL WEEPING SHALL GO UP - literally, weeping shall go up upon weeping....

Here Jeremiah uses another figure, that the weeping would be everywhere heard in the ascent to Luhith. It is probable, and it appears from the Prophet’s words, that this city was situated on a high place. He then says, that men would go up with weeping _in the ascent to Luhith_; literally, In (or with) _weeping shall weeping ascend _But some read as though it were written בכה, _beke_, weeping; nor is there a doubt but that the verb יעלה, _iole_, refers to a person. But Jeremiah seems to have mentioned weeping twice in order to show that men would not only weep in one place, but during the long course of their ascent, as though he had said, “They who shall be near the city shall weep, and they in the middle of their course, and those at the foot of the mountain;” that is, there shall be weeping in every place. We now then perceive the meaning of the Prophet. He afterwards says, In the d

Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another. IN THE GOING DOWN OF HORONAIM ... - Rather, in the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distresses of the cry of breaking, i. e., the cry of distress occasioned by the ruin inflicted by the enemy. It was situated in a hollow, probably near the Dead Sea....

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;...

FOR IN THE GOING UP OF LUHITH CONTINUAL WEEPING SHALL GO UP,.... This is another city, which was built on a high hill, which had a considerable ascent to it, whither those that escaped from Horonaim might flee for safety; but as they went up the hill would weep bitterly, and all the way they went, because of the loss of friends and sustenance, and the danger they themselves were still in. Of this place Isaiah 15:5; FOR IN THE GOING DOWN OF HORONAIM THE ENEMIES HAVE HEARD A CRY OF DESTRUCTION; a place before mentioned, which lay low, in the descent of which, the enemies, the Chaldeans, heard the cries of those that fled from Horonaim, and went up from thence to Luhith, which cry was as follows:...

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 ...

LUHITH. _'_ Now _Tal'atel Heith,_ one mile west of Mount Nebo....

Both these _vv_. are probably later than Jeremiah....

FOR IN THE GOING-UP OF LUHITH— _Surely at the ascent of Luhith weeping shall go up after weeping; surely at the descent of Horonaim mine enemies have heard a cry of destruction._ Houbigant reads, _For they have ascended the height of Luhith with weeping: in the descent of Horonaim the enemies,_ &c....