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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 48:5

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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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."
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