Jeremiah 48:3

A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.

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Interpretation

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 souls, not to shed their blood; but we shall be the more without excuse if we do this pleasant work deceitfully.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 48:1-3.

Jeremiah 48:1 Jeremiah 48:2 Jeremiah 48:3

Glossary

Horonaim Place: Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an eminence, and a place of some importance ( Isa. 15:5 ; Jer. 48:3 , 5, 34). Modern identification: El Iraq.