Text: Jeremiah 48:45-46
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 21:28-29
Subject: Moabite taunt song quoted in prophecy
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Numbers 21:28-29 preserves an ancient taunt song about Sihon's victory over Moab: "Fire went out from Heshbon... Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh!" Jeremiah 48:45-46 quotes this passage nearly verbatim in his extended oracle against Moab, reapplying the ancient curse to a new historical context. By embedding the Numbers poetry in his prophecy, Jeremiah presents Moab's coming destruction as the fulfillment of a pattern already inscribed in Scripture. The reference to Moab as "people of Chemosh" (עַם כְּמוֹשׁ, am Kemosh) appears in both texts, linking Moab's national identity to its false deity and signaling that judgment falls on both the people and their god.