| Jeremiah 48:45
| They that fled from the snare stood in the shadow of Hesebon, but there came a fire out of Hesebon, and a flame out of the midst of Seon, and it shall devour part of Moab, and the crown of the head of the children of tumult.
| There....saith, etc., to the end of the chapter is supplied by Grabe. His copy subjoins, "What Jeremias prophesied against all nations. Thus," etc., Jeremias 25:15. (Haydock) Hesebon, expecting shelter. But internal broils ruined them. --- There, etc., to [verse] 47., is borrowed from Numbers 21:27.[28, 29.?] Sehon had taken Hesebon from Moab. --- Part. Moses has "Ar, of Moab, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon." [Numbers 21:28.] (Calmet) --- Tumult. Hebrew shaon, (Haydock) means also pride, in which sense Balaam uses Seth, Numbers 24:17. (Calmet)
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