Jeremiah 48:21

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

19Stand by the highway and watch, resident of Aroer! Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping, “What happened?” 20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. “Judgment has come to the land of the plateau — to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,

Jeremiah 48:21 word by word

וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט בָּ֖א אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֶל־חֹל֥וֹן וְאֶל־יַ֖הְצָה וְעַל־מֵיפָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• upon the plainמִישׁוֹרmîyshôr mîyshôr · plainH4334
• countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• upon Holonחֹלוֹןchôlôn chôlôn · HolonH2473
• and upon Jahazahיַ֫הַץהyahats yahtsâh yahtsâh · JahazH3096
• and upon Mephaathמֵיפַ֫עַתmôpha‛ath mêypha‛ath mêpha‛ath · MephaathH4158

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:21

• Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every town; not one town will escape. The valley will perish, and the plain will be annihilated, as the Lord has said.
• Ezekiel 25:9Therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the splendor of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel — Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah: a place overgrown with weeds, a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the remainder of my nation will dispossess them.
• Joshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:21

• Jahaz
• Mephaath

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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