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Text -- Jeremiah 48:5 (NET)

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48:5 Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Horonaim a town and the road to it
 · Luhith a place in Moab where the people fled from the Babylonians (IBD).


Dictionary Themes and Topics: SANBALLAT | PALESTINE, 3 | Moabites | Luhith | LUHITH, ASCENT OF | Horonaim | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jer 48:5 - -- To this city the Moabites fled for sanctuary, and flying made so great an out - cry that their enemies who pursued them heard it.

To this city the Moabites fled for sanctuary, and flying made so great an out - cry that their enemies who pursued them heard it.

JFB: Jer 48:5 - -- Horonaim lay in a plain, Luhith on a height. To the latter, therefore, the Moabites would flee with "continual weeping," as a place of safety from the...

Horonaim lay in a plain, Luhith on a height. To the latter, therefore, the Moabites would flee with "continual weeping," as a place of safety from the Chaldeans. Literally, "Weeping shall go up upon weeping."

Calvin: Jer 48:5 - -- 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 Prophe...

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 place. He then says, that men would go up with weeping in the ascent to Luhith; literally, In (or with) weeping shall weeping ascend But some read as though it were written בכה , beke, weeping; nor is there a doubt but that the verb יעלה , iole, refers to a person. But Jeremiah seems to have mentioned weeping twice in order to show that men would not only weep in one place, but during the long course of their ascent, as though he had said, “They who shall be near the city shall weep, and they in the middle of their course, and those at the foot of the mountain;” that is, there shall be weeping in every place. We now then perceive the meaning of the Prophet.

He afterwards says, In the descent to Horonaim It hence appears that this city was situated in a low place or on a plain; and therefore I know not why they say that one part of it was higher than the other. It might indeed be that it had a hill in it; but the place was in a level country, and had mountains around it, as we learn from the Prophet’s words, In the descent to Horonaim the enemies shall hear a cry of distress By saying that enemies would hear a cry, 6 he means that the citizens of Horonaim and their neighbors would become frantic through grief. For fear restrains weeping, and when any one sees an enemy near, the very sight of him checks him, so that he dares not openly to show his grief; and then shame also restrains tears as well as sighings, for an enemy would deride our weepings in our misery. There is no doubt then, but that the Prophet here amplifies the grievousness of their sorrow, when he says, that though the citizens of Horonaim had enemies before their eyes, they would yet break forth with weeping and loud crying, and that the reproach and derision of enemies would not restrain them.

TSK: Jer 48:5 - -- Luhith : Luhith is placed by Eusebius between Areopolis, or Ar, and Zoar. (See Jer 48:34.) It was evidently situated upon a height; as was also Horo...

Luhith : Luhith is placed by Eusebius between Areopolis, or Ar, and Zoar. (See Jer 48:34.) It was evidently situated upon a height; as was also Horonaim, which was probably not far from Luhith. Isa 15:5

continual weeping : Heb. weeping with weeping

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 48:5 - -- Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another. In the going down of ...

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 have heard the distresses of the cry of breaking, i. e., the cry of distress occasioned by the ruin inflicted by the enemy. It was situated in a hollow, probably near the Dead Sea.

Poole: Jer 48:5 - -- Of Luhith we read only in this place, and Isa 15:5 ; it was a city of Moab, and situated upon a hill, as appears both here and where it is mention...

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Luhith we read only in this place, and Isa 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 Moabites fled for sanctuary from the Chaldeans, and fleeing made so great an outcry that their enemies who pursued them heard their cry.

Gill: Jer 48:5 - -- 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...

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 might flee for safety; but as they went up the hill would weep bitterly, and all the way they went, because of the loss of friends and sustenance, and the danger they themselves were still in. Of this place See Gill on Isa 15:5;

for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction; a place before mentioned, which lay low, in the descent of which, the enemies, the Chaldeans, heard the cries of those that fled from Horonaim, and went up from thence to Luhith, which cry was as follows:

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 48:5 Heb “the distresses of the cry of destruction.” Many commentaries want to leave out the word “distresses” because it is missin...

Geneva Bible: Jer 48:5 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 ) Ho...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 48:1-47 - --1 The judgment of Moab,7 for their pride;11 for their security;14 for their carnal confidence;26 and for their contempt of God and his people.47 The r...

MHCC: Jer 48:1-13 - --The Chaldeans are to destroy the Moabites. We should be thankful that we are required to seek the salvation of men's lives, and the salvation of their...

Matthew Henry: Jer 48:1-13 - -- We may observe in these verses, I. The author of Moab's destruction; it is the Lord of hosts, that has armies, all armies, at his command, and th...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 48:1-8 - -- Calamities to come on Moab. - Jer 48:1 . "Thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel, Woe to Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is come ...

Constable: Jer 46:1--51:64 - --III. Prophecies about the nations chs. 46--51 In Jeremiah, prophecies concerning foreign nations come at the end...

Constable: Jer 48:1-47 - --C. The oracle against Moab ch. 48 This oracle is similar to the one in Isaiah 15 and 16.555 Other oracles against Moab appear in Ezekiel 25:8-11, Amos...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 48 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 48:1, The judgment of Moab, Jer 48:7, for their pride; Jer 48:11, for their security; Jer 48:14, for their carnal confidence; Jer 48:...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 48 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 48 The judgment of Moab, Jer 48:1-6 , for their pride, Jer 48:7-10 ; for their security and human confidence, Jer 48:11-25 ; especially for...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 48 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 48:1-13) Prophecies against Moab for pride and security. (v. 14-47) For carnal confidence and contempt of God.

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 48 (Chapter Introduction) Moab is next set to the bar before Jeremiah the prophet, whom God has constituted judge over nations and kingdoms, from his mouth to receive its do...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 48 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 48 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of Moab, and of the mourning that should be for it; and not only it...

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