Jeremiah 48:34

Jeremiah 48:34

32 ^aO vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the weeping of ^bJazer.
Your plants have gone over the sea,
They reach to the sea of Jazer.
The plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and your vintage.

33 ^aJoy and gladness are taken
From the plentiful field
And from the land of Moab;
I have caused wine to¹ fail from the winepresses;
No one will tread with joyous shouting—
Not joyous shouting!

34 “From^a the cry of Heshbon to ^bElealeh and to Jahaz
They have uttered their voice,
^cFrom Zoar to Horonaim,
Like¹ a three-year-old heifer;
For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

35 “Moreover,” says the Lord,
“I will cause to cease in Moab
^aThe one who offers sacrifices in the¹ high places
And burns incense to his gods.

36 Therefore ^aMy heart shall wail like flutes for Moab,
And like flutes My heart shall wail
For the men of Kir Heres.
Therefore ^bthe riches they have acquired have perished.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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From the cry of Heshbon, etc.—Those who fly from Heshbon on its capture shall continue the cry even as far as Elealeh . . . . There will be continued cries in all quarters, from one end to the other, everywhere slaughter and wasting.

as an heifer of three years old—Moab heretofore not having known foreign yoke, and in its full strength, is compared to an heifer of three years old, never yet yoked, nor as yet worn out with many birth-givings (compare Note, see on Isaiah 15:5).

waters . . . of Nimrim—that is, the well-watered and therefore luxuriant pastures of Nimrim.

desolate—The Hebrew is stronger: not merely shall be "desolate," but desolation itself multiplied: plural, "desolations." The most fertile tracts shall be dried up.

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