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Jeremiah 48:3
3The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’
Jeremiah 48:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
- New International Version (NIV)Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
- New King James Version (NKJV)A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: ‘Plundering and great destruction!’
Context of Jeremiah 48:3
1Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Woe (judgment is coming) to [the city of] Nebo, for it has been destroyed! Kiriathaim has been shamed, it has been captured; Misgab [the high fortress] has been shamed, broken down and crushed. 2The glory of Moab is no more; In Heshbon they planned evil against her, Saying, ‘Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!’ You also, O [city of] Madmen, shall be silenced; The sword will pursue you. The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Desolation and great destruction!’ 4Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have called out a cry of distress [to be heard as far as Zoar]. 5For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
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ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:3
- Jeremiah 4:20News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed, My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.
- Jeremiah 47:2Thus says the Lord: “Behold, waters are going to rise out of the north (Babylonia) And become an overflowing stream And overflow the land and all that is in it, The city and those who live in it. Then the people will cry out, And all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] will wail.
- Isaiah 15:2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; Everyone’s head is shaved, and every beard is cut off [in mourning].
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.
- Isaiah 22:4Therefore I say, “Look away from me; Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Jeremiah 48:5For the Ascent of Luhith Will be climbed by [successive groups of] fugitives with continual weeping; For on the descent of Horonaim They have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
- Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are [fleeing] as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; For on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their destruction.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Horonaim - Another city of Moab, near to Luhith. At this latter place the hill country of Moab commenced. "It is a place," says Dahler, "situated upon a height between Areopolis and Zoar."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Omit shall be. “Spoiling and great destruction,” literally breaking, is the cry heard from Horonaim Isaiah 15:5.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4We know little about the village of Horonaim (see Isaiah 15:5). It was likely near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Horonaim--the same as the city Avara, mentioned by Ptolemy. The word means "double caves" (Ne 2:10; Is 15:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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