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For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
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A Land Filled with Sorrow
Commentators explain that Jeremiah uses real geography to paint a picture of total despair. Fugitives are described weeping as they flee up the ascent to the city of Luhith and down into the valley of Horonaim. The sorrow is not confined to one place but covers the entire landscape, symbolizing the complete and inescapable nature of God's judgment on Moab.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another.
In the going d…
19th Century
Anglican
In the going up of Luhith. —Here again we have an echo from Isaiah 15:5. Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Luith) describes …
16th Century
Protestant
Here Jeremiah uses another figure, that weeping would be heard everywhere in the ascent to Luhith. It is probable, and it appears from the Prophet’…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up , &c.] This is another city, which was built on a high h…
