Jeremiah 48:34

Jeremiah 48:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
• New International Version (NIV)“The sound of their cry rises from Heshbon to Elealeh and Jahaz, from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh and to Jahaz They have uttered their voice, From Zoar to Horonaim, Like a three-year-old heifer; For the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.

Context of Jeremiah 48:34

32More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached to the Sea of Jazer; on your summer fruits and your grapes the destroyer has fallen. 33Gladness and joy have been taken away from the fruitful land of Moab; I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; the shouting is not the shout of joy. "From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. 35And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in the high place and makes offerings to his god. 36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

Jeremiah 48:34 word by word

מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן עַד־אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה עַד־יַ֙הַץ֙ נָתְנ֣וּ קוֹלָ֔ם מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ עַד־חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֚י גַּם־מֵ֣י נִמְרִ֔ים לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יִהְיֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From the cryזְעָקָהza‛aq ze‛âqâh · outcryH2201
• of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• unto Elealehאֶלְעָלֵא'el‛âlê' 'el‛âlêh · ElealehH500
• unto Jahazיַ֫הַץהyahats yahtsâh yahtsâh · JahazH3096
• have they utteredנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• from Zoarצֹ֫עַרtsô‛ar · ZoarH6820
• unto Horonaimחֹרֹנַיִםchôrônayim · HoronaimH2773
• an heiferעֶגְלַת‛eglâh · Eglath-shelishiyahH5697
• of three years oldשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• for the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• also of Nimrimנִמְרִיםnimrîym · NimrimH5249
• shall be desolateמְשַׁמָּהmeshammâh · devastationH4923

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:34

• Jeremiah 48:2the renown of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they planned disaster against her: 'Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!' You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.
• Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles.
• Numbers 32:37And the people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
• Jeremiah 48:21"Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Mephaath,
• Jeremiah 48:3"A voice! A cry from Horonaim, 'Desolation and great destruction!'
• Deuteronomy 34:3the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; her fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction;
• Numbers 32:3"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• Jeremiah 48:36Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of Kir-hareseth. Therefore the riches they gained have perished.
• Isaiah 15:6the waters of Nimrim are a desolation; the grass is withered, the vegetation fails, the greenery is no more.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34As a heifer of three years old - Which runs lowing from place to place in search of her calf, which is lost or taken from her.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34The meaning is that, taking up the lamentation of Heshbon, the Moabites break forth into a wail, heard as far as Elealeh, scarcely two miles distant Numbers 32:37, but thence spreading over the land to towns on the southern and southwestern borders of the land. An heifer of three years old - Applied in Isaiah 15:5 to Zoar, but here to Horonaim. Some take “an heifer” as a proper name, and render it: “Eglah for the third part” (compare Isaiah 19:24). Zoar…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. 34-39These verses describe the impact of the Lord's judgment on the Moabite people. The Moabite towns mentioned were along small rivers flowing east into the Dead Sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. From the cry of Heshbon, &c.--Those who fly from Heshbon on its capture shall continue the cry even as far as Elealeh ... . There will be continued cries in all quarters, from one end to the other, everywhere slaughter and wasting. as an heifer of three years old--Moab heretofore not having known foreign yoke, and in its full strength, is compared to an heifer of three years old, never yet yoked, nor as yet worn out with many birth-givings (compare…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:34

• Heshbon
• Horonaim
• Nimrim
• Zoar

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Zoar
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Heifer
• Horn
• Horonaim
• Jahaz
• Nimrim, Waters of

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