Jeremiah 48:5
“For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.”
What does Jeremiah 48:5 mean?
Jeremiah is painting a picture of Moab's desperate flight from invasion, with people climbing the steep roads while crying the whole way up. The prophet hears the anguished screams echoing down from the highlands, a sound of complete collapse and ruin spreading through the region. This kind of vivid, sorrowful imagery appears throughout Jeremiah's message against the nations, showing how total the devastation will be. The verse reminds us that judgment brings real human suffering, not just abstract consequences, and it's presented as something the prophet himself witnesses or grieves over.