Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 49:3

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled , cry ye daughters of Rabbah , gird ye with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro by the hedges , for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together .

Heshbon was formerly a City of the Amorites of whom Si[illegible: 1 letter]on was King who resided here (but it appears by ver. 26. that it was taken from Moab) it is probable that was at this time a City of Moab, the Prophet calls to them to howle for Ai a City of the Ammonites not the same mentioned Ios. 7.2. for that was on the other side of Iordan.

It is incertain whether by the daughters of Rabbah be to be understood other lesser cities, or the younger women that inhabited Rabbah, he calls to them all to mourn.

And for all the indications or signs of mourning, such as girding with sackcloth, running up and down like persons distracted, by the hedges, where they might be hidden and not so easily seen.

For they shall all go together in captivity, their Malcom which may signifie their Idol to whom they gave that name or their King, or else their supream Magistrate, with their Priests and Nobles, all orders of persons.

Marginal references: Isa. 32.11. chap. 4.8. and 6.26.; Or, melcom.; chap. 48.7. Amos 1.15.