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 sound of the trumpet:
But I will send a fire ... and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth - the chief city of Moab, called also Kir-Moab (Isaiah 15:1). The name is very common in various forms: Kiriathaim, the double city; Kerioth (Jeremiah 48:23-24); Kartan (Joshua 21:32); Is-cariot-namely, Judas, a man of Kerioth in Judah, Kartah in Zebulun (Joshua 21:34); the Numidian Cirta. The form is plural here-literally, 'cities,' as including both the acropolis and town itself (see Jeremiah 48:24; Jeremiah 48:41, margin, 'the cities').
And Moab shall die with tumult - i:e., amidst the tumult of battle (Hosea 10:14, "Therefore shall a tumult arise And Moab shall die with tumult - i:e., amidst the tumult of battle (Hosea 10:14, "Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled." So Jeremiah 48:45 foretells that "the tumultuous ones" of Moab should be devoured by the flame of war. So Baalam's prophecy (Numbers 24:17, "A Sceptre ... out of Israel ... shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth"). Rather, 'all the children of tumult' х bªshaa'own (H7588), i:e., sh'eet] (Pusey).