Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Moab is destroyed"
Text: Jeremiah 48:4
FAMOUS PLACES IN MOAB DESTROYED
All countries have special cities and streets that were famous. Moab had them too. These places were not spared when Moab was being destroyed.
“A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim:
‘Plundering and great destruction!’
Moab is destroyed;
Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;
For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.”
Jeremiah 48:3-5
1. “A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: ‘Plundering and great destruction!'”
a) The actual location of Horonaim cannot be ascertained.
b) But this ancient city was attacked severely and suffered
both plundering and destruction.
2. “Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard”
a) “Moab is destroyed”
b) This was the cry that was taken up.
i) By the adults.
ii) Also, by the little ones whose cry sounded most piteous.
3. “For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping;
for in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction”
a) These were probably famous roads.
i) The Luhith road was one that ascended.
ii) The Horonaim road was one that descended.
b) The exact locations cannot be determined.
c) These roads were used to flee from Moab.
d) The Moab refugees fled:
i) With continual weeping.
ii) Moab was being destroyed by powerful enemies.