New English Translation
Jeremiah 48:25
25Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 48:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Moab’s horn is cut off; her arm is broken,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken,” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 48:25
23on Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon, 24on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near. Moab’s might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the Lord, affirm it! 26“Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock. 27For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:25 word by word
נִגְדְּעָה֙ קֶ֣רֶן מוֹאָ֔ב וּזְרֹע֖וֹ נִשְׁבָּ֑רָה נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:25
- Psalms 75:10God says, “I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious.”
- Lamentations 2:3In fierce anger he destroyed the whole army of Israel. He withdrew his right hand as the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; it consumed everything around it. ד (Dalet)
- Daniel 7:8“As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
- Daniel 8:7I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.
- Zechariah 1:19So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
- Numbers 32:37The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
- Job 22:9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
- Psalms 37:17for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.
- Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken - His political and physical powers are no more.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The horn - i. e., his pride (marginal reference); his arm, i. e., his strength Jeremiah 17:5.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. 2525. horn--the emblem of strength and sovereignty: it is the horned animal's means of offense and defense (Psa 75:5, 10; La 2:3).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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