Jeremiah 49:3
“Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Howl, O Heshbon,.... Which was a city of Moab, though it formerly belonged to the Amorites; see Jer 48:2; it was upon…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Ai - Not the town on the west of the Jordan Jos 7:2; a place not mentioned elsewhere. For Ai some read Ar. Hedges -…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 49:1-6
The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Howl, O Heshbon Heshbon was a Moabite city (Jer 48:2; Jer 48:34; Jer 48:45), and an Ammonite Ai is otherwise unknown.…
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