Jeremiah 48:4

Jeremiah 48:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
• New International Version (NIV)Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moab is destroyed; her little ones have made a cry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard;

Context of Jeremiah 48:4

2People will no longer praise Moab. In Heshbon, Moab's enemies will decide how to destroy the nation. They will say, “We must completely destroy Moab!” The town of Madmen will become silent, as a great army chases out the people. 3The people of Horonaim will shout for help, because a strong army is destroying them. Moab will come to an end! Its children will cry loudly. 5They will go up the hill to Luhith. They will weep as they go. As they go down the road towards Horonaim, they will cry about their town that the enemy is destroying. 6People say, “Run away to save your lives! Go and live in the desert.”

Jeremiah 48:4 word by word

נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה מוֹאָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה צְעִירֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• is destroyedשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• her little onesצָעִירtsâ‛îyr tsâ‛ôr · littleH6810
• have caused a cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• to be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:4

• Numbers 21:27So the people who write songs wrote this: ‘Come to Heshbon and build it up again. Build the city of Sihon again.
• Esther 8:11The king's new law said this: The Jewish people who lived in every city could fight against anyone who attacked them. They could join together to keep themselves safe. If an army of any kind attacked them, the Jews could kill and destroy them completely, as well as their women and children. They could take away their enemies' things for themselves.
• Psalms 137:9Just like you did to us, they will hit your babies against a rock. May God bless whoever does that to you!

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Moab - Probably the city elsewhere called Ar-Moab. See the Septuagint of this verse.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4We know little about the village of Horonaim (see Isaiah 15:5). It was likely near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. little ones ... cry--heightening the distress of the scene. The foe does not spare even infants.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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