Jeremiah 48:21

“And judgment is come upon the plain country, etc.] Of Moab, which was for the most part such, especially that which lay near Arnon; the judgment of God’s vengeance, punishment for sin, by the hand of the Chaldeans. The Targum is, “they that execute vengeance are come:” upon Holon; a city of Moab; of which (see <061551>Joshua 15:51 21:15); it had its name perhaps from the sandy ground on which it stood. Grotius takes it to be the Alabana of Ptolemy: and upon Jahazah: the same with Jahaz, (see Gill on “<231504>Isaiah 15:4”); reckoned by Grotius to be the Jadu of Ptolemy; (see <061318>Joshua 13:18); and upon Mephaath; of which (see <061318>Joshua 13:18 21:37); said by Grotius to be the Maipha…”

“plain-- (Jer 48:8). Not only the mountainous regions, but also the plain, shall be wasted. Holon--(Compare Jos 15:51). Jahazah-- (Num 21:23; Isa 15:4). Mephaath-- (Jos 13:18; Jos 21:37).”

“Holon - This place apparently took its name from caverns in its neighborhood. return to 'Top of Page'”

“48:21-25 Eleven Moabite villages would soon hear that the strength of Moab’s arm was broken. This meant that the villages had no one to defend them against the advancing enemy.”

“the plain: Jer 48:8; Eze 25:9; Zep 2:9 Jahazah: Jos 13:18, Jahaza, Jos 21:36, Jos 21:37; Isa 15:4, Jahaz Jeremiah 48:22”

“In Jer 48:21-24 the general idea of Moab's being laid waste is specialized by the enumeration of a long list of towns on which judgment has come. They are towns of ארץ המּישׁור, the table-land to the north of the Arnon, the names of which early all occur in the Pentateuch and Joshua as towns in the tribe of Reuben. But Holon is mentioned only here. According to Eusebius, in the Onomasticon, s.v. ̓Ιεσσά, Jahzah was situated between Μηδαβῶν (Medeba) and Δηβοῦς (Dibon); according to Jerome, between Medeba and Debus, or Deblathai; but from Num 21:23, we conclude that it lay in an easterly direction, on the border of the desert, near the commencement of the Wady Wale. Mophaath or Mephaath,…”