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.
There shall be no more praise of Moab - - (Isaiah 16:14, "The glory of Moab shall be contemned").
In Heshbon. The foe having taken Heshbon, the chief city of Moab, in it "devised evil" against Moab ("it"), saying, "Come, and let us cut it off." (Compare Jeremiah 48:45, "a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour ... Moab"). Heshbon was midway between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; it was the residence of Sihon king of the Amorites, and afterward a Levitical city in Gad (Numbers 21:26). There is a play of words in the Hebrew, 'Heshbon, hashbu' х chaashªbuw (H2803)]. Heshbon means a place of devising or counsel. The city, heretofore called the seat of counsel, shall find other counselors-namely, those who devise its destruction.
Thou shalt be cut down ... madmen - rather, by a play of words on the meaning of х madmeen (H4086), from daamam (H1826)], to be silent, silence. Thou shalt be brought to silence, so as well to deserve thy name (Isaiah 15:1).