Jeremiah 48:21

Translations

Modern

Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Traditional

And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

Literal

Judgment has come to the land of the plain—to Holon, and to Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

Latin

…et judicium venit ad terram campestrem, super Helon, et super Jasa, et super Mephaath,

Original

Hebrew

English

Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Notes

Jeremiah 48:21–25

Eleven Moabite villages would soon learn that Moab's military strength was broken. This meant the villages had no defense against the advancing enemy.

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

Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Isaiah 15:4
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
Jeremiah 48:8
The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
Ezekiel 25:9
…therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
Joshua 21:36–37
From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Holon: A city in Moab Jahaz: A town in Moab, site of Israelite victories Mephaath: A Levitical city in Reuben, later Moabite

Glossary

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

Topics

Jahaz: A Levitical City in Reuben, Taken from the Moabites Mephaath: A Levitical City in the Territory of the Tribe of Reuben Moabites: Possessed Many and Great Cities the Tribe of Gad: Land of, Seized by the Moabites and Ammonites

Jeremiah 48:21

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