Jeremiah 48:2

Jeremiah 48:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Moab will be praised no more; in Heshbon people will plot her downfall: ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’ You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.’ You also shall be cut down, O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you;

Context of Jeremiah 48:2

1Concerning Moab. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The high stronghold has been put to shame and shattered. There is no longer praise for Moab; In Heshbon they have devised disaster against her: ‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’ You too, Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow you. 3The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ 4Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress.

Jeremiah 48:2 word by word

אֵ֣ין עוֹד֮ תְּהִלַּ֣ת מוֹאָב֒ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן חָשְׁב֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ רָעָ֔ה לְכ֖וּ וְנַכְרִיתֶ֣נָּה מִגּ֑וֹי גַּם־מַדְמֵ֣ן תִּדֹּ֔מִּי אַחֲרַ֖יִךְ תֵּ֥לֶךְ חָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

• Thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• longerעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• for Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• they have devisedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Comeהָלַךְhâlak · to go: followH1980
• and let’s cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• her offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• You tooגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• Madmenמַדְמֵןmadmên · MadmenH4086
• will be silencedדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: silentH1826
• The swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• will followאַחַר'achar · afterH310

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:2

• Jeremiah 48:17Mourn for him, all you who live around him, And all of you who know his name; Say, ‘How the mighty scepter has been broken, A staff of splendor!’
• Isaiah 16:14But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a hired worker would count them, the glory of Moab will become contemptible along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent.”
• Jeremiah 48:34From the outcry at Heshbon to Elealeh, to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate.
• Numbers 21:25Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages.
• Numbers 32:37The sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
• Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; Indeed, on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their collapse.
• Isaiah 16:8For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
• Jeremiah 48:42Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the Lord.
• Jeremiah 31:36“If this fixed order departs From Me,” declares the Lord, “Then the descendants of Israel also will cease To be a nation before Me forever.”
• Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord chose, He has rejected them’? So they despise My people as no longer being a nation in their sight.
• Jeremiah 46:28Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord, “For I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you; But I will correct you properly And by no means leave you unpunished.”
• Esther 3:8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.
• Psalms 83:4They have said, “Come, and let’s wipe them out as a nation, So that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
• Jeremiah 25:15For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and give it to all the nations to whom I send you, to drink from it.
• Isaiah 15:1The pronouncement concerning Moab: Certainly in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, And Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2No more praise of Moab - "The glory of Moab, that it had never been conquered," (Dahler), is now at an end. Dr. Blayney translates: - "Moab shall have no more glorying in Heshbon; They have devised evil against her (saying.)" And this most certainly is the best translation of the original. He has marked also a double paronomasia in this and the next verse, a figure in which the prophets delight; חשבו בחשבון becheshbon chashebu "in Cheshbon they have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2No more praise of Moab - literally, “The glory of Moab is no more,” i. e., Moab has no more cause for boasting. Heshbon - This town now belonged to the Ammonites Jeremiah 49:3 but was on the border. The enemy encamped there arranges the plan of his campaign against Moab. In the original there is a play of words upon the names Heshbon and Madmen.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Heshbon was between the Jabbok and Arnon rivers, east of the Dead Sea. Madmen was likely another name for Dibon, a town near Heshbon. It would also be destroyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. no more praise--(Is 16:14). in Heshbon--The foe having taken Heshbon, the chief city of Moab (Jr 48:45), in it devise evil against Moab ("it") saying, Come, &c. Heshbon was midway between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; it was the residence of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and afterwards a Levitical city in Gad (Nu 21:26). There is a play on words in the Hebrew, "Heshbon, Hashbu." Heshbon means a place of devising or counsel. The city, heretofore called…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 48:2

• Heshbon

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• Heshbon
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Madmen
• Plant

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