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Jeremiah 48:2

King James Version (KJV)

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[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.

Jeremiah 48:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 48:2

Theological / Devotional

Heshbon. A city 15 1/4 mi. (24.4 km.) east-northeast of the north end of the Dead Sea. It had been in the territory of Reuben, taken from Sihon the Amorite when Israel entered Canaan (see Num. 32:33, 37). But Jeremiah’s Heshbon was no longer in Jewish hands. Excavation of Tell Hesban has yielded remains from the time of Jeremiah and of the early monarchy, when it was renowned for its fishpools (S. of Sol. 7:4).

Devised. Heb. chashab. There is a wordplay here, the Hebrew for Heshbon being Cheshbon. This device is a good illustration of the strong poetic tone that runs through the prophecy. Verse 2 seems to indicate that in Jeremiah’s time Heshbon was the center of a plot against the Moabites.

Madmen. The site is uncertain, though it may be the modern Khirbet Dimneh, about 9 1/2 mi. (15.2 km.) east of the tongue that extends into the Dead Sea on its eastern side.

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