Jeremiah 48:3
1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
2 There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
4 Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
5 For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
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
- A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
- KJV
- A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
- WEB
- The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- ASV
- The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- DARBY
- A voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!
- BLB
- A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
- ÅB
- Det lyder skrik fra Horona'im: herjing og stor ødeleggelse.
- OTB
- Et rop av angst stiger opp fra Horonaim, ‘Ødeleggelse og stor ødeleggelse!’
- B1930
- Det lyder skrik fra Horona'im: herjing og stor ødeleggelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 15:5
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:5
For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
Read in contextIsaiah 15:8
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:20–21
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Read in contextJeremiah 47:2
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Read in contextIsaiah 16:7–11
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
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