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Jeremiah 48:8
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.
Jeremiah 48:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.
- New International Version (NIV)The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the Lord has spoken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the plunderer shall come against every city; No one shall escape. The valley also shall perish, And the plain shall be destroyed, As the Lord has spoken.
Context of Jeremiah 48:8
6Flee! Save your lives! Be like a juniper bush in the wilderness. 7Because you trust in your works and treasures, you will be captured also. Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials. The 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. 9Make Moab a salt marsh, for she will run away; her towns will become a desolation, without inhabitant. 10The one who does the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed, and the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:8 word by word
וְיָבֹ֨א שֹׁדֵ֜ד אֶל־כָּל־עִ֗יר וְעִיר֙ לֹ֣א תִמָּלֵ֔ט וְאָבַ֥ד הָעֵ֖מֶק וְנִשְׁמַ֣ד הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the spoilerשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- upon every cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- shall escapeמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
- the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
- also shall perishאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
- and the plainמִישׁוֹרmîyshôr mîyshôr · plainH4334
- shall be destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
- as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- hath spokenאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:8
- Jeremiah 48:18Come down from glory; sit on parched ground, resident of the daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Jeremiah 6:26My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
- Jeremiah 15:8I made their widows more numerous than the sand of the seas. I brought a destroyer at noon against the mother of young men. I suddenly released on her agitation and terrors.
- Jeremiah 25:9I am going to send for all the families of the north’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins forever.
- Jeremiah 51:56for a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, their bows shattered, for the Lord is a God of retribution; he will certainly repay.
- Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
- 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.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The valley - The lowlands on the east bank of the Jordan, and at the top of the Dead Sea. The plain - An upland pasture; it answers very much to downs: so in Jeremiah 48:21.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10The Lord ordered the destruction of all the towns in Moab. He instructed his agents to carry out his command faithfully.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the valley ... shall perish--that is, those dwelling in the valley.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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