Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
It had taken part with the Chaldeans against Judea (2 Kings 24:2). Fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, when also he attacked Egypt (Jeremiah 43:8-13) and Ammon (Jeremiah 49:1-6). (Josephus, 'Antiquities,' 10: 9, 7.) Jeremiah, in this prophecy, uses that of Isa. 15:16 , amplifying and adapting it to his purpose, under inspiration, at the same time confirming its divine authority. Isaiah, however in his prophecy, refers to the devastation of Moab by the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser; Jeremiah refers to that by Neubuchadnezzar.
Nebo - a mountain and town of Moab; its meaning is, 'that which fructifies.'
Kiriathaim - a city of Moab, consisting of two cities, as the word means, originally held by the Emim (Genesis 14:5).
Misgab - meaning elevation. It lay on an elevation.