Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 48:24

"and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near." — Jeremiah 48:24 (ASV)

Kerioth. —The name, plural in form (meaning cities), has been identified by Mr. Porter (Five Years, etc., volume 2, pages 191-198) with Kureiyeh, a ruined town lying not far from Buzrah, which is identified with the Bozrah that is coupled with it here, in the Haûran. These are, however, some sixty miles north of Heshbon, and this has been thought unfavorable to the identification.

On the other hand, the expression “far and near” indicates that Jeremiah includes the more distant cities to which the power of Moab may have extended. From the mention of the palaces of Kirioth in Amos 2:2, it appears to have been a place of importance. Mr. Grove (article Kerioth in Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible) suggests its possible identity with Kureiyat, not far from Dibon and Beth-meon.

Bozrah. —The name (meaning fortification) is familiar as belonging to the more famous city of Edom (Jeremiah 49:13). The Moabite town, identified as above with the Buzrah of the Haûran, appears in 1 Maccabees 5:26 as Bosora, one of the towns of Galaad or Gilead, and in Roman history as Bostra, the birthplace of the Emperor Philip, known as the Arabian.