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

19You people who live in Aroer, stand beside the road and watch. Ask the people who are running away what has happened. 20They will reply, “The enemy has won against Moab and its people are ashamed. So weep and cry out! Stand beside the Arnon river and tell the news. Tell people that the enemy has destroyed Moab.” The Lord has judged the cities on the high ground and he will soon punish them: Holon, Jahzah and Mephaath, 22Dibon, Nebo and Beth-Diblathaim, 23Kiriathaim, Beth-Gamul and 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 48:8Your cruel enemy will attack every town. No town or city will escape. The enemy will destroy every place in the valley, and every place on the high ground. They will become heaps of stones. I, the Lord, tell you this!
• Ezekiel 25:9So listen! I will let enemies attack the towns on the border of Moab. I will destroy their greatest cities, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim.
• Zephaniah 2:9The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, ‘You can be sure that I live. In the same way, you can also be sure that my people will take everything for themselves. God will destroy Moab as he destroyed Sodom. He will destroy Ammon as he destroyed Gomorrah. After this, the ground will have lots of salt on it. Weeds will grow there. Nobody will build anything there again. My people who are still alive will take for themselves the Ammonites' things and the Moabites' things.’
• Joshua 13:18Jahaz and Kedemoth. It also included Mephaath,
• Isaiah 15:4The people in Heshbon and Elealeh cry aloud. People as far as Jahaz hear the sound of their voices! The soldiers of Moab cry aloud because they are afraid. They are shaking with fear.

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
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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