Jeremiah 48:8

8 The destroyer shall come upon every town, and no town shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 48:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 48:8

And the spoiler shall come upon every city
That is, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his army. The Targum is, the spoilers, who came against and took every city of Moab, and wasted them. Josephus ^F14 makes particular mention of Nebuchadnezzar subduing the Ammonites and Moabites: and no city shall escape;
the spoiler, and destruction by him: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the
Lord hath spoken;
not only the cities, and the inhabitants of them; but the inhabitants of the valleys and plains, as the Targum paraphrases it, should be destroyed; and also the corn that grew upon them, and the flocks and herds that grazed there, exactly as the Lord had foretold.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7.

Jeremiah 48:8 In-Context

6 Flee! Save yourselves! Be like a wild ass in the desert!

7 Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures, you also shall be taken; Chemosh shall go out into exile, with his priests and his attendants.

8 The destroyer shall come upon every town, and no town shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.

9 Set aside salt for Moab, for she will surely fall; her towns shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them.

10 Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord; and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed.