Jeremiah 48:17

Jeremiah 48:17

15 Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities;
Her chosen young men have ^agone down to the slaughter,” says ^bthe King,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts.

16 “The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
And his affliction comes quickly.

17 Bemoan him, all you who are around him;
And all you who know his name,
Say, ^a‘How the strong staff is broken,
The beautiful rod!’

18 “O ^adaughter inhabiting ^bDibon,
Come down from your glory,
And sit in thirst;
For the plunderer of Moab has come against you,
He has destroyed your strongholds.

19 O inhabitant of ^aAroer,
^bStand by the way and watch;
Ask him who flees
And her who escapes;
Say, ‘What has happened?’

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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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