Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:2

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2. no more praise — ( :- ). in Heshbon —The foe having taken Heshbon, the chief city of Moab ( :- ), in it devise evil against Moab ("it") saying, Come, c. Heshbon was midway between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok it was the residence of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and afterwards a Levitical city in Gad ( :- ). There is a play on words in the Hebrew, " Heshbon, Hashbu. " Heshbon means a place of devising or counsel. The city, heretofore called the seat of counsel, shall find other counsellors, namely, those who devise its destruction. thou shall be cut down . . . Madmen —rather, by a play on words on the meaning of madmen ("silence"), Thou shalt be brought to silence, so as well to deserve thy name ( :- ). Thou shalt not dare to utter a sound. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jer-48-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jer-48-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological