For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
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Gill's Exposition
Kerioth is taken,.... The name of a city in Moab, as in Jer 48:24; so Jarchi, and others; but Kimchi and Abarbinel observe, that it may be taken for an appellative, and be rendered "the cities";…
Barnes' Notes
The rapid and irresistible attack of Nebuchadnezzar is compared to the impetuous dash of the eagle on its prey Deu 28:49.
The destruction is here further prophesied of very largely and with a great copiousness and variety of expression, and very pathetically and in moving language, designed not only to awaken them by a…
The LXX omit "Behold … Moab" (Jer 48:48) and "and the heart … pangs" (Jer 48:48). Both are probably glosses in MT. supplied from Jer 49:22, with change of names.
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