New English Translation
Jeremiah 48:4
4“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.
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 not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, ‘Come, let’s put an end to that nation!’ City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you. 3Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, ‘Oh, the ruin and great destruction!’ “Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress. 5Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction. 6They will hear, ‘Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!’
Read all of Jeremiah 48Jeremiah 48:4 word by word
נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה מוֹאָ֑ב הִשְׁמִ֥יעוּ זְּעָקָ֖ה צְעִירֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:4
- Numbers 21:27That is why those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!
- Esther 8:11The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves – to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property.
- Psalms 137:9How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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
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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