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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 48:45 - 48:45
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under ... shadow of Heshbon - They thought that they would be safe in Heshbon.
because of the force - that is, “they that fled because of the force” of the enemy: they that fled from it. Glassius translates, “through want of strength.” So the Hebrew particle is translated (Psa 109:24), “faileth of fatness,” that is, “faileth through want of fatness”; also Lam 4:9.
but a fire, etc. - copied in part from Sihon’s hymn of victory (Num 21:27, Num 21:28). The old “proverb” shall hold good again. As in ancient times Sihon, king of the Amorites, issued forth from his city, Heshbon, as a devouring “flame” and consumed Moab, so now the Chaldeans, making Heshbon their starting-point, shall advance to the destruction of Moab.
midst of Sihon - that is, the city of Sihon.
corner of Moab - that is, Moab from one corner to the other.
crown of ... head - the most elevated points of Moab. Making some alterations, he here copies Balaam’s prophecy (Num 24:17). Margin there translates “princes” for corners; if so, “crown of ... head” here refers to the nobles.
tumultuous ones - sons of tumult; those who have tumultuously revolted from Babylon. Heshbon passed from the Amorite to the Israelite sway. Moab had wrested it from Israel and helped the Chaldeans against the Jews; but revolting from Babylon, they brought ruin on themselves in turn.