Jeremiah 48:21
19 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.
Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22 upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
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
- Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
- KJV
- And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
- WEB
- Judgment has come on the plain country— on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
- ASV
- And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
- DARBY
- And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
- BLB
- Judgment has come to the land of the plain—to Holon, and to Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
- ÅB
- Dommen er kommet over slettelandet, over Holon og over Jahsa og over Mofa'at
- OTB
- Dommen har kommet til platået— til Holon, Jahsa og Mefaat,
- B1930
- Dommen er kommet over slettelandet, over Holon og over Jahsa og over Mofa'at
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Read in contextIsaiah 15:4
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
Read in contextNumbers 21:23
But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:8
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
Read in contextJoshua 21:36–37
From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
Read in contextEzekiel 25:9
therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
Read in contextZephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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