Jeremiah 48:2 [There shall be] no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from [being] a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Ver. 2. There shall be no more praise of Moab.] This may be taken either of a city so called, a or of the whole country, as now Muscovia is oft put for all Russia.
In Heshbon they have devised evil against it.] Or better thus, De Heshbone, &c. As concerning Heshbon, they, the Chaldees, have devised evil against it. There is an elegant allusion in the original to the names of the places both in Heshben and in Madmen. b
a Ariopolis dicta.
b Alludit fere propheta ad singularum civitatum nomina. - Jun.