Text: Jeremiah 48:5
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 21:28-29
Subject: oracle against Moab citing ancient traditions
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 48:5 references Moabite geography that appears in the Numbers 21:28-29 Song of Heshbon, drawing on the same ancient tradition about Moab's defeat. Numbers records the original conquest song — "fire went out from Heshbon... it consumed Ar of Moab" — while Jeremiah's oracle against Moab describes refugees weeping along the same routes. The shared geographical references (Moabite cities and landmarks) and the theme of Moab's devastation connect the ancient military song to Jeremiah's prophetic oracle, showing that the prophet viewed contemporary events through the lens of Israel's canonical memory of Moab's earlier defeats.