Jeremiah 48:19

Aroer

¹⁷ Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!

¹⁸ Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

²⁰ Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

²¹ Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
KJV: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
WEB: Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, ‘What has been done?’
ASV: O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done?
DARBY: Stand by the way, and watch, inhabitress of Aroer; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What is done?
BLB: By the road stand and watch, O dweller of Aroer; ask of him fleeing and her escaping; Say, ‘What has happened?’

ÅB: Still deg ved veien og se ut, du som bor i Aroer! Spør de flyktende og undkomne, si: Hva har hendt?
OTB: Stå ved veien og se, dere som bor i Aroer. Spør mannen som flykter og kvinnen som rømmer, ‘Hva har skjedd?’
B1930: Still dig ved veien og se ut, du som bor i Aroer! Spør de flyktende og undkomne, si: Hvad har hendt?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
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1 Samuel 4:16
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
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1 Samuel 4:13–14
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
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Numbers 32:34
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
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1 Chronicles 5:8
and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
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2 Samuel 1:3–4
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 24:5
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
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2 Samuel 18:24–32
Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
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