Jeremiah 48:4
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.
3 A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
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:
6 ‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
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
- Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
- KJV
- Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
- WEB
- Moab is destroyed. Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
- ASV
- Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
- DARBY
- Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
- BLB
- Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused to be heard a cry.
- ÅB
- Moab er ødelagt; dets barn oppløfter skrik.
- OTB
- Moab er knust; hennes små har ropt ut i nød.
- B1930
- Moab er ødelagt; dets barn opløfter skrik.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 8:11
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
Read in contextNumbers 21:27–30
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
Read in contextPsalms 137:9
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Read in context