Yēlìmǐshū 48:4

4 Móyē huǐmiè le . tāde háitóng ( huò zuòjiā zhuàng ) fā āi shēng , shǐ rén tīngjian .

Yēlìmǐshū 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.

Yēlìmǐshū 48:4 In-Context

2 Móyē bú zaì beì chēngzàn . yǒu rén zaì Xīshíbĕn shèjì móu haì tā , shuō , lái ba . wǒmen jiāng tā jiǎnchú , bú zaì chéng guó . mǎ dé miǎn nǎ , nǐ yĕ bì mò mò wú shēng . dāo jiàn bì zhuīgǎn nǐ .

3 Cóng hé luó niàn yǒu hǎn huāngliáng dà huǐmiè de āi shēng ,

4 Móyē huǐmiè le . tāde háitóng ( huò zuòjiā zhuàng ) fā āi shēng , shǐ rén tīngjian .

5 Rén shang lǔ xī pō suí zǒu suí kū , yīnwei zaì hé luó niàn de xià pō tīngjian huǐmiè de āi shēng .

6 Nǐmen yào bēn taó , zì jiù xìngméng , dúzì jūzhù , hǎoxiàng kuàngyĕ de dù sōng .