Jeremiah 48:45

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fled	נָסִ֑ים na.Sim	H5127	to flit · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
stood	עָמְד֖וּ 'a.me.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
shadow	בְּצֵ֥ל be.Tzel	H6738	shade · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Heshbon	חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן chesh.Bon	H2809	Cheshbon · proper noun, a place name
force	מִכֹּ֣חַ mi.Ko.ach	H3581	vigor · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
fire	אֵ֞שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
forth	יָצָ֣א ya.Tza'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Heshbon	מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן me.chesh.Bon	H2809	Cheshbon · preposition + proper noun, a place name
flame	וְלֶֽהָבָה֙ ve.le.ha.Vah	H3852	a flash · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
midst	מִבֵּ֣ין mi.Bein	H996	between (repeated before each noun · preposition + cardinal number, masculine singular construct
Sihon	סִיח֔וֹן si.Chon	H5511	Sichon · proper noun, a man's name
devour	וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ va.To.khal	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
corner	פְּאַ֣ת pe.'At	H6285	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
Moab	מוֹאָ֔ב mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · proper noun, a place name
head	וְקָדְקֹ֖ד ve.ka.de.Kod	H6936	the crown of the head (as the part most bowed) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
tumultuous	שָׁאֽוֹן sha.'on	H7588	uproar (as of rushing) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
ones	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct

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Cross-references

Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel…
Numbers 21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Ar…
Numbers 21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Numbers 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of hi…
Amos 2:2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the so…
Zechariah 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it, but to affect us with the calamitous state of human life, which is liable to such lamentable occurrences, and with the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, when he comes forth to contend with a provoking people. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and meditating on the terror of them, it will be of more use to us to keep this in our eye, and to get our…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:45

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, &c.--copied in part from Sihon's hymn of victory (Num 21:27-28). 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 des…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 48:45

They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force,.... Heshbon was a strong city in the land of Moab, to which many of the Moabites betook themselves in this time of their calamity; thinking they should be sheltered, under the protection of it, from the fury of the Chaldean army; hither they fled, and here they stood, imagining they were safe, "because of the force"; because of the strength of the city of Heshbon, as Kimchi; or because of the force of their enemies, for fear of them, as Kimchi's father; or for want of strength, because they had no more strength to flee, and therefore stopped there, so Jarchi and Abarbinel: but the words should rather be rendered, "they t…

Dictionary and topics

Heshbon — Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben…
Sheth — Tumult. (1.) “The children of Sheth” (Num. 24:17); R.V., “the sons of tumult,” which is probably the correct rendering, as there is no evidence that this is a proper name here. (2.) The antediluvian…
Fire · Illustrative of: Judgments — Illustrative of: Judgments

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Jeremiah 48:45

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:45

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:45

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 48:45

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 48:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 48:45

John Gill on Jeremiah 48:45

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 48:45

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 48:45–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 48:45

Rashi on Jeremiah 48:45