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The published commentary of Shadal* to the Book of Jeremiah ends in Chapter 47, obliging us to offer our own observations on the balance of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this chapter, which is devoted to a detailed prophecy on Moab, there are some striking similarities to a passage in the Book of Numbers. For the Israelites to cross (from east to west) into its Promised Land, they had to traverse the territories of Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Amorites. However, God had prohibited them from provoking the first three, who were related to them (Ammon and Moab through Lot, and Edom\/Seir through Esau), or from crossing through their territories, so they were forced into a confrontation with Sihon, King of the Amorites (Numbers 21:21 ff.).<\/span><\/p>\n

After a successful military engagement, Israel occupied the land of the Amorites, which also included territory that the Moabites had lost to the Amorites in an earlier war. The Torah celebrated that victory as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, the bards would recite: \u201cCome to Heshbon; firmly built and well-founded is Sihon\u2019s city. For fire went forth from Heshbon, flame from Sihon\u2019s city, consuming Ar of Moab, the lords of Bamoth by the Arnon. Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! His sons are rendered fugitive and his daughters captive, by an Amorite king, Sihon.\u201d (Numbers 21: 27 ff.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Compare that poem to verses 45-47 of our chapter:<\/span><\/p>\n

For fire went forth from Heshbon, flame from the midst of Sihon, consuming the brow of Moab, the pate of the people of Shaon. Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone, for your sons are carried off into captivity, your daughters into exile. But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come\u2014declares the LORD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arguably, the ancient victory song was sufficiently popular in the age of Jeremiah that he capitalized on it, predicting that what had befallen it in the past would ensue in the future, albeit ending on a note of consolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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