Jeremiah 48:19

Jeremiah 48:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
• New International Version (NIV)Stand by the road and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping, ask them, ‘What has happened?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Stand by the way and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer! Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, 'What has happened?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the way and watch; Ask him who flees And her who escapes; Say, ‘What has happened?’

Context of Jeremiah 48:19

17Mourn for him, all who are around him, all who know his name. Say: ‘How the mighty scepter, the splendid rod, is broken!’ 18O daughter dwelling in Dibon come down from your glory and sit in thirst! For Moab’s destroyer has come to you. He has devastated your strongholds. O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the road and watch— ask him fleeing and her escaping, ‘What has happened?’ 20Moab is disgraced, indeed shattered. Wail and shriek! Declare by the Arnon, Moab is ruined! 21Judgment has come on the tableland —on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48:19 word by word

אֶל־דֶּ֛רֶךְ עִמְדִ֥י וְצַפִּ֖י יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת עֲרוֹעֵ֑ר שַׁאֲלִי־נָ֣ס וְנִמְלָ֔טָה אִמְרִ֖י מַה־נִּֽהְיָֽתָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of Aroerעֲרֹעֵר‛ărô‛êr ‛ărô‛êr ‛ar‛ôr · AroerH6177
• standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• and espyצָפָהtsâphâh · to watchH6822
• askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• him that fleethנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• and her that escapethמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• What is doneהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961

Cross-references for Jeremiah 48:19

• Numbers 32:34The sons of Gad built up Dibon, Ataroth and Aroer,
• Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon and the city by the wadi, all the way up to the Gilead, there was not a town too high for us. Adonai our God gave everything over to us.
• 2 Samuel 24:5They crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer.
• 1 Chronicles 5:8and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon,
• 1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the wayside watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God. When the man arrived to announce it in the town, the entire town cried out.
• 2 Samuel 1:3Then David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” “I’ve escaped from the camp of Israel,” he answered.
• 2 Samuel 18:24Now David was sitting between the two gates. When the watchman on the roof over the gate walked over to the wall, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and all of a sudden, he saw a man running alone.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 48:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19O inhabitant of Aroer - See the note on Jeremiah 48:6; (note). This place, being at a greater distance, is counselled to watch for its own safety, and inquire of every passenger, What is done? that it may know when to pack up and be gone.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Aroer - On the Arnon, due south of Dibon. If Dibon falls, the turn of Aroer will come next, and therefore its inhabitants are to be on the look out, asking for news.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. 18-19Dibon and nearby Aroer were important cities in Moab.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Aroer--on the north bank of the Arnon, a city of Ammon (De 2:36; 3:12). As it was on "the way" of the Moabites who fled into the desert, its inhabitants "ask" what is the occasion of Moab's flight, and so learn the lot that awaits themselves (compare 1Sa 4:13, 16).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Espy
• Fear
• Horn
• Plant
• Aroer
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

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