Jeremiah 48:19

19 Stand by the road in Aroer, and watch. Ask those who are fleeing and those who are escaping what is happening.

Jeremiah 48:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:19

O inhabitant of Aroer
Another city that belonged to Moab, situated on the border of it towards Ammon, near the river Arnon; (See Gill on Isaiah 17:2); stand by the way, and espy;
get to the road side where travellers pass, and look out for them: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth;
whether man or woman you see fleeing, having escaped the army of the Chaldeans: [and] say, what is done?
by the Chaldeans; ask what cities they have taken; what progress they have made; what is done to their cities, that they flee from them? tell all the particulars of things.

Jeremiah 48:19 In-Context

17 Mourn over it, all of its neighbors and everyone who knows its fame. Say, 'Look at the strong staff, the beautiful rod, that is broken!'

18 "People of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground. The destroyers of Moab will attack you. They will destroy your fortresses.

19 Stand by the road in Aroer, and watch. Ask those who are fleeing and those who are escaping what is happening.

20 They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced; it is defeated. Shout loudly, and cry. Tell the news in Arnon that Moab is destroyed.'

21 "Judgment has come to all the cities on the plain: to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,