Jeremiah 48:20

Jeremiah 48:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
• New International Version (NIV)Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.

Context of Jeremiah 48:20

18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses. 19Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’ Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, 22upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,

Jeremiah 48:20 word by word

הֹבִ֥ישׁ מוֹאָ֛ב כִּֽי־חַ֖תָּה הֵילִ֣ילוּ וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ הַגִּ֣ידוּ בְאַרְנ֔וֹן כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מוֹאָֽב׃Read the interlinear

• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• is put to shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• it has been shatteredחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• Wailיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
• and cry outזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• Declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• by the Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769
• is destroyedשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:20

• Jeremiah 48:1Concerning 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.
• Isaiah 15:1This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
• Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
• Numbers 21:13From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
• Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
• Joshua 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
• Judges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
• Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Tell ye it in Arnon - Apprize the inhabitants there that the territories of Moab are invaded, and the country about to be destroyed, that they may provide for their own safety.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Or, “Moab is ashamed, because she (Dibon) is broken” by her fortifications being battered down.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. 20When people heard that Moab was in ruins, panic quickly spread in the Arnon Valley.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Answer of the fleeing Moabites to the Ammonite inquirers (Jr 48:19; Is 16:2). He enumerates the Moabite cities at length, as it seemed so incredible that all should be so utterly ruined. Many of them were assigned to the Levites, while Israel stood. in Arnon--the north boundary between Moab and Ammon (Jr 48:19; Nu 21:13).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Broken
• Confound

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