Jeremiah 48:45 meaning and explanation

“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.

Jeremiah 48:45, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking through Jeremiah in a series of judgments on Moab, Israel's neighbor east of the Dead Sea. Heshbon was a Moabite town, and Sihon was the Amorite king who once ruled there.

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