Jer 48:31 | JFB | e4.org | 31. I will cry . . . for . . . Moab —Not that it deserves pity, but the prophet's "crying" for it vividly represents the greatness of the calamity. Kir-heres —Kir-hareseth, in ; see on . It means "the city of potters," or else "the city of the sun" [GROTIUS ]. Here "the men of Kir-heres" are substituted for "the foundations of Kir-hareseth," in . The change answers probably to the different bearing of the disaster under Nebuchadnezzar, as compared with that former one under Shalmaneser.

‏ Jeremiah 48:31

31. I will cry . . . for . . . Moab—Not that it deserves pity, but the prophet's "crying" for it vividly represents the greatness of the calamity.

Kir-heres—Kir-hareseth, in Isa 16:7; see on Isa 16:7. It means "the city of potters," or else "the city of the sun" [GROTIUS]. Here "the men of Kir-heres" are substituted for "the foundations of Kir-hareseth," in Isa 16:7. The change answers probably to the different bearing of the disaster under Nebuchadnezzar, as compared with that former one under Shalmaneser.