Jeremiah 48:5

“For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up, etc.] This is another city, which was built on a high hill, which had a considerable ascent to it, whither those that escaped from Horonaim might flee for safety; but as they went up the hill would weep bitterly, and all the way they went, because of the loss of friends and sustenance, and the danger they themselves were still in. Of this place (see Gill on “<231505>Isaiah 15:5”); for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction; a place before mentioned, which lay low, in the descent of which, the enemies, the Chaldeans, heard the cries of those that fled from Horonaim, and went up from thence to…”

“going up of Luhith . . . going down of Horonaim--Horonaim lay in a plain, Luhith on a height. To the latter, therefore, the Moabites would flee with "continual weeping," as a place of safety from the Chaldeans. Literally, "Weeping shall go up upon weeping."”

“Luhith was situated upon an eminence, and Jeremiah describes one set of weeping fugitives as pressing close upon another. In the going down of Horonaim ... - Rather, in the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distresses of the cry of breaking, i. e., the cry of distress occasioned by the ruin inflicted by the enemy. It was situated in a hollow, probably near the Dead Sea. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Luhith - To this city the Moabites fled for sanctuary, and flying made so great an out - cry that their enemies who pursued them heard it. Jeremiah 48:6”

“48:5-6 Luhith was another small village near Horonaim. The sorrows of oppression would reach into the smallest places.”

“Luhith: Luhith is placed by Eusebius between Areopolis, or Ar, and Zoar. (See Jer 48:34.) It was evidently situated upon a height; as was also Horonaim, which was probably not far from Luhith. Isa 15:5 continual weeping: Heb. weeping with weeping Jeremiah 48:6”