John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 48:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 of Ptolemy.

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