Jeremías 48:4

4 Toda Moab está destruida;
sus pequeños clamarán.

Jeremías 48:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:4

Moab is destroyed
Either the whole nation in general; so the Targum,

``the kingdom of Moab is broken;''

and so Abarbinel; or a city so called, which some take to be the city Areopolis. Jerom ^F7 says, that Moab is a city of Arabia, now called Areopolis; and which also has the name of Rabbathmoab, or "grand Moab"; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;
seeing their parents killed, and they left desolate, and in the hands of the enemy; and not only so, but just going to be dashed in pieces by them. The Targum interprets it, her governors; and so Jarchi, who thinks they are so called, because they are lesser than kings. Kimchi and Ben Melech suggest, that these are called so by way of contempt. The word "tzeir" signifies both "little" and "great", as the learned Pocock ^F8 has abundantly proved.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 De locis Heb. fol. 87. H. & 93. B.
F8 Not. Miscell. in Port. Mosis, p. 17, 18.

Jeremías 48:4 In-Context

2 Ya nunca más nadie se jactará de Moab,
porque en Hesbón hay un complot para destruirla.
“Vengan —dicen—, haremos que nunca más sea una nación”.
La ciudad de Madmena
también será silenciada;
la espada te seguirá allí.

3 Oigan los gritos que vienen de Horonaim,
gritos de devastación y gran destrucción.

4 Toda Moab está destruida;
sus pequeños clamarán.

5 Sus refugiados lloran amargamente
mientras escalan las colinas de Luhit.
Gritan de terror,
mientras bajan la ladera a Horonaim.

6 ¡Huyan por su vida!
¡Escóndanse
en el desierto!