Jeremiah 48:1 - Exposition

Against Moab; rather, concerning Moab. Nebo ! Not, of course, the mountain range referred to in Deuteronomy 32:49 and Deuteronomy 32:34 . I as that from which Hoses viewed the land destined for Israel, but a town in the neighbourhood, deriving its name, not from the mountain,but from the same old Semitic (and not merely Babylonian) deity. Kiriathaim . "The double city." A place of uncertain situation, but probably in the same district as Nebo; mentioned in Genesis 14:5 , as the abode of the "terrible" aboriginal tribe called the Emim. Is confounded ; rather, is brought to shame ( as Jeremiah 46:24 ). Misgab ; rather, the fortress. The connection shows that some definite fortress is intended, but it is difficult to say which. Graf thinks of Kir-heres (verses 31, 36) or Kir-hareseth (another form of the same name; comp. Isaiah 16:7 ; 2 Kings 3:25 ), generally identified with Kir-Moab, the chief fortified town of the Moabites.