Jeremiah 48:19

Translations

Modern

Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

Traditional

O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

Literal

By the road stand and watch, O dweller of Aroer; ask of him fleeing and her escaping; Say, ‘What has happened?’

Latin

In via sta, et prospice, habitatio Aroër: interroga fugientem, et ei qui evasit dic: Quid accidit?

Original

Hebrew

English

Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

Notes

Jeremiah 48:18–19

Dibon and nearby Aroer were important cities in Moab.

Jeremiah 48:1–47

Moab, one of two nations descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot (Genesis 19:36–38), was the next nation judged in the Lord’s courtroom (compare Isaiah 15–16). Moab’s land was between the Arnon River and the Zered Brook, east of the Dead Sea. At that time, the Moabites felt confident because they were mostly safe from Babylonian military power. However, the Lord found the Moabites to be greedy and cruel, and their worship was violent and indulgent.

Jeremiah 48:1–49:6

The Lord ordered the destruction and future rebuilding of Moab and Ammon. These two nations came from Lot, who was Abraham's nephew (Genesis 19:36–38).

Theme notes and profiles

Messages Against the Nations The Lord of Nations

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
1 Samuel 4:16
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
1 Samuel 4:13–14
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
1 Chronicles 5:8
…and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
2 Samuel 24:5
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
2 Samuel 1:3–4
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
Numbers 32:34
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
2 Samuel 18:24–32
Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Aroer: A city on the edge of the Arnon Valley

Glossary

Aroer Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Dibon Heshbon Horonaim Kiriathaim Moab, Moabites Nations Nebo (Place) Zoar

Topics

the Tribe of Gad: Land of, Seized by the Moabites and Ammonites

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