Jeremiah 48:15

Jeremiah 48:15

13 Moab shall be ashamed of ^aChemosh,
As the house of Israel ^bwas ashamed of ^cBethel, their confidence.

14 “How can you say, ^a‘We are mighty
And strong men for the war’?

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?’

20 Moab is shamed, for he is broken down.
^aWail and cry!
Tell it in ^bArnon, that Moab is plundered.

21 “And judgment has come on the plain country:
On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,

22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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gone up . . . gone down—in antithesis.

out of her cities—Rather, "Moab . . . and her cities are gone up," namely, pass away in the ascending smoke of their conflagration (Joshua 8:20-21; Judges 20:40). When this took place, the young warriors would go down from the burning citadels only to meet their own slaughter [GROTIUS]. English Version is somewhat favored by the fact that "gone out" is singular, and "cities" plural. The antithesis favors GROTIUS.

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