Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 48:17
bemoan—Not that Moab deserves pity, but this mode of expression pictures more vividly the grievousness of Moab's calamities.
all ye that know his name—those at a greater distance whom the fame of Moab's "name" had reached, as distinguished from those "about him," that is, near.
strong staff . . . rod—Moab is so called as striking terror into and oppressing other peoples (Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 14:4-5); also because of its dignity and power (Psalms 110:2; Zechariah 11:7).
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