American Standard Version
Jeremiah 48:21
21And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
Jeremiah 48:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
- New International Version (NIV)Judgment has come to the plateau— to Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And judgment has come on the plain country: On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
Context of Jeremiah 48:21
19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say, What hath been done? 20Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath, 22and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 23and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:21 word by word
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט בָּ֖א אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֶל־חֹל֥וֹן וְאֶל־יַ֖הְצָה וְעַל־מֵיפָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:21
- Jeremiah 48:8And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah hath spoken.
- Ezekiel 25:9therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
- Joshua 13:18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
- Isaiah 15:4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Upon Holon, etc. - All these were cities of the Moabites, but several of them are mentioned in no other place.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Holon - This place apparently took its name from caverns in its neighborhood.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-47Verses 14-47 . The destruction of Moab is further prophesied, to awaken them by national repentance and reformation to prevent the trouble, or by a personal repentance and reformation to prepare for it. In reading this long roll of threatenings, and mediating on the terror, it will be of more use to us to keep in view the power of God's anger and the terror of his judgments, and to have our hearts possessed with a holy awe of God and of his wrath, than to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-25Eleven Moabite villages would soon learn that Moab's military strength was broken. This meant the villages had no defense against the advancing enemy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. plain--(Jr 48:8). Not only the mountainous regions, but also the plain, shall be wasted. Holon--(Compare Jos 15:51). Jahazah--(Nu 21:23; Is 15:4). Mephaath--(Jos 13:18; 21:37).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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