English Standard Version
Jeremiah 48:8
8The 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“All the towns will be destroyed, and no one will escape— either on the plateaus or in the valleys, for the Lord has spoken.
Context of Jeremiah 48:8
6Flee! Save yourselves! You will be like a juniper in the desert! 7For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials. 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. 9"Give wings to Moab, for she would fly away; her cities shall become a desolation, with no inhabitant in them. 10"Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
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 48:18"Come down from your glory, and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant of Dibon! For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Jeremiah 15:8I have made their widows more in number than the sand of the seas; I have brought against the mothers of young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror fall upon them suddenly.
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 51:56for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken in pieces, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will surely repay.
- Jeremiah 48:20Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
- Ezekiel 25:9therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, 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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