John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 48:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, etc.] That are sounded on mournful occasions, as at funerals, and the like; (see <400923> Matthew 9:23). This the prophet said, as Kimchi observes, in the person of the people, the inhabitants of Moab; whose hearts would yearn and sound for the calamities of their country like the doleful sound of minstrels. So the Targum, “therefore the Moabites shall sound in their hearts like a harp:” and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres; as for the country of Moab in general, so for this principal city, and the inhabitants of it, in particular; (see Gill on “<231611>Isaiah 16:11”); because the riches [that] he hath gotten is perished; either Moab or Kirheres; the abundance of goods they had got together were now lost, falling into the hands of the enemy; and which was matter of lamentation. The Targum is, “for the rest of their substance they had got were spoiled.” Some understand it of the residue of men that escaped the sword; these perished by famine, or other means; (see <231507>Isaiah 15:7).

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