Jeremiah 48:3

Judgment on Moab · Jeremiah 48:1–47
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Translations

Modern
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Traditional
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Literal
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
Latin
Vox clamoris de Oronaim, vastitas et contritio magna.

Original

Hebrew
English
A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

Notes

We know little about the village of Horonaim (see Isaiah 15:5). It was likely near the southeastern shore of the Dead Sea.

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.

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).

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Horonaim: A Moabite city mentioned in prophecies of judgment

Glossary

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

Topics

Horonaim: A Town of Moab