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Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48:4

Judgment on Moab · Jeremiah 48:1–47
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Translations

Modern
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Traditional
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Literal
Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused to be heard a cry.
Latin
Contrita est Moab: annuntiate clamorem parvulis ejus.

Original

Hebrew
English
Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.

Notes

Jeremiah 48:3–4

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

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).

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 15:1–9

Places

Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

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