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Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set
of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another.
IN THE GOING DOWN OF HORONAIM ... - Rather, in the descent of Horonaim
they h...
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CHAPTER 48
Concerning Moab
_ 1. The overthrow of Moab (Jeremiah 48:1) _
2. The humiliation of Moab (Jeremiah 48:11)
3. Reaping what they sowed (Jeremiah 48:20)
4. Destroyed on account of its prid...
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JEREMIAH 48. MOAB (the territory E. of the Dead Sea, from Wady Kerak
in the S. to the neighbourhood of Heshbon in the N.). Many of the
numerous places named in this prophecy will be found on G. A. Smi...
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LUHITH. _'_ Now _Tal'atel Heith,_ one mile west of Mount Nebo....
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Both these _vv_. are probably later than Jeremiah....
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FOR IN THE GOING-UP OF LUHITH— _Surely at the ascent of Luhith
weeping shall go up after weeping; surely at the descent of Horonaim
mine enemies have heard a cry of destruction._ Houbigant reads, _For...
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A. Advancing Devastation Jeremiah 48:1-6
TRANSLATION
(1) Concerning Moab: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
Woe unto Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, is
captured...
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For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in
the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of
destruction.
IN THE GOING UP OF LUHITH ... GOING DOWN OF HORONAIM - H...
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AGAINST MOAB
Moab, in recompense for its pride and security, and for its triumphing
over Israel in the day of her calamity, shall itself be laid waste and
taken captive: cp. the 'burden of Moab 'in I...
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IN THE GOING UP OF LUHITH. — Here again we have an echo from Isaiah
15:5. Jerome (_Onomast. s.v. Luith_) describes it as between Zoar and
Areopolis (= Rabbath-Moab). The ascent was probably to a local...
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כִּ֚י מַעֲלֵ֣ה _הַ_†_לֻּחִ֔ית_† בִּ
בְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה ־בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּ
מֹורַ֣ד חֹורֹנַ֔יִם צָרֵ֥י צַֽעֲקַת...
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CHAPTER XIX
MOAB
Jeremiah 48:1
"Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath
magnified himself against Jehovah."- Jeremiah 48:42
"Chemosh said to me, Go, take Nebo against Israelan...
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The word of the Lord concerning Moab is a judgment, which nevertheless
closes with a gleam of hope. The judgment is described, first, from
the standpoint of the scourge. The widespread extent of it is...
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For in the ascent of (d) Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in
the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
(d) Horonaim and Luhith were two places by which the Moabite...
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The Prophet Jeremiah, whom the Lord when giving him his commission,
had set over the nations and over the kingdoms, (see Jeremiah 1:10) is
here arraigning, trying, and condemning Moab; and an awful
co...
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Here Jeremiah uses another figure, that the weeping would be
everywhere heard in the ascent to Luhith. It is probable, and it
appears from the Prophet’s words, that this city was situated on a
high pl...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51.
Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already
mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies
against...
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FOR IN THE GOING UP OF LUHITH CONTINUAL WEEPING SHALL GO UP,.... This
is another city, which was built on a high hill, which had a
considerable ascent to it, whither those that escaped from Horonaim
m...
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For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in
the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of
destruction.
Ver. 5. _Continual weeping shall go up._] Heb., Weeping wit...
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_There shall be no more praise of Moab_ The glory of Moab shall be
contemned, as Isaiah speaks, Isaiah 16:14. Every thing for which it
was famous shall be destroyed. _In Heshbon they have devised evil...
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THE COMING DEVASTATION OF MOAB DESCRIBED...
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CONTINUAL WEEPING:
_ Heb._ weeping with weeping...
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Of LUHITH we read only in this place, and ISAIAH 15:5; it was a city
of Moab, and situated upon a hill, as appears both here and where it
is mentioned in Isaiah. Some think that to this city the Moabi...
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Jeremiah 48:5 Ascent H4608 Luhith H3872 ascend H5927 (H8799) continual
H1065 weeping H1065 descent H4174 Horonaim H2773 enemies H6862 heard
H8085 (H8804) cry H6818 destruction H7667
Luhith - Jeremiah...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF MOAB (JEREMIAH 48:1).
Note how, as in Isaiah 15, the towns and prominent places are
mentioned by name. Some of them were towns that had been taken over
from Israel (compare Mesha's...
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CONTENTS: Prophecy against Moab.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah has all armies at His command. He will in His own
time plead the cause of His people against a people that have always...
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Jeremiah 48:1. _Against Moab, saith the Lord._ Isaiah had prophesied
of the devastation of Moab by Salmaneser: chap. 15, 16. Jeremiah here
speaks of the terrible conquest of the country by Nebuchadnez...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 48:5 ASCENT OF LUHITH. Perhaps in southern
Moab on the way to Zoar. See Isaiah 15:5. DESCENT OF HORONAIM.
Location unknown, but perhaps farther south than Luhith. See Isaiah...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CHAPTER.—Naegelsbach suggests, with ample justification, that
“this prophecy certainly belongs to the time of Jehoiakim, and
_before the fourth year...
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EXPOSITION
This prophecy is so full of repetitions that the question has
naturally arisen whether the most prominent of these may not be due to
interpolation. For instance:
1.Jeremiah 48:29-24 recur...
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In forty-eight, he now directs his attention to Moab. Moab was across
the Jordan on the east side of the Jordan River and of the Jordan
rift.
Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Isr...
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Isaiah 15:5...
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Luhith — To this city the Moabites fled for sanctuary, and flying
made so great an out — cry that their enemies who pursued them heard
it....