Jeremiah Chapter 48 verse 24 Holy Bible
and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
read chapter 48 in ASV
And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, far and near.
read chapter 48 in BBE
and upon Kerijoth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
read chapter 48 in DARBY
And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
read chapter 48 in KJV
read chapter 48 in WBT
and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
read chapter 48 in WEB
And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.
read chapter 48 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - Kerioth. Perhaps a synonym of Ar, the old capital of Moab (Isaiah 15:1). Hence in Amos 2:2, "I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth." Bozrah. The capital at one time of the Edomites (see Jeremiah 49:13). The ownership of particular cities varied from. time to time in this contested region. Far or near; i.e. towards the frontier or inland.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) Kerioth.--The name, plural in form (= cities), has been identified by Mr. Porter (Five Years, &c, ii. 191-198) with Kureiyeh, a ruined town lying not far from Buzrah, identified with the Bozrah that is coupled with it here, in the Ha-ran. These are, however, some sixty miles north of Heshbon, and this has been thought adverse to the identification. On the other hand, the expression "far and near" indicates that Jeremiah takes in the more distant cities to which the power of Moab may have extended. From the mention of "the palaces of Kirioth" in Amos 2:2, it appears to have been a place of importance. Mr. Grove (art. Kerioth in Smith's Dict. Bible) suggests its possible identity with Kureiyat, not far from Dibon and Beth-meon.Bozrah.--The name (= fortification) is familiar as belonging to the more famous city of Edom (Jeremiah 49:13). The Moabite town, identified as above with the Buzrah of the Ha-ran, appears in 1 Maccabees 5:26 as Bosora, one of the towns of Galaad or Gilead, and in Roman history as Bostra, the birthplace of the Emperor Philip, known as the Arabian.
