Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The lamentation over Moab uttered by those "round about him," i. e., the neighboring nations, and those "that know his name," nations more remote, who know little more than that, there is such a people, takes the form of an elegy. The metaphorical expressions, "staff of strength," and "rod" or "scepter of beauty," indicate the union of power and splendor in the Moabite kingdom.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 48:17:
Zephaniah 2:8
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