Jeremiah 48:19

19 Stand by [the] road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask [the man who is] fleeing and [the woman who is] escaping, say, 'What has happened?'

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 for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How [the] staff of might is broken, [the] staff of glory.'

18 Come down from glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your fortifications.

19 Stand by [the] road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask [the man who is] fleeing and [the woman who is] escaping, say, 'What has happened?'

20 Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell [it] by Arnon that Moab is devastated.

21 Judgment has also come to the land of the plain, to Holon, and to Jahaz, and on Mephaath,