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Judgment on Moab

Jeremiah 48:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
KJV
Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
WEB
Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
ASV
Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
LSV
Moab has been put to shame, || For it has been broken down, || Howl and cry, declare in Arnon, || For Moab is spoiled,
YLT
Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
DBY
Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
DRC
Moab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Amen, that Moab is wasted.
GNV
Moab is cofouded: for it is destroied: howle, and cry, tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is made waste,
JPS
Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.
LXXE31:20
Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished.

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  • Written (Ketiv): הֵילִילִי (“wail”). Read aloud (Qere): הֵילִ֣ילוּ (“wail”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Written (Ketiv): וּזְעָקִי (“and cry out”). Read aloud (Qere): וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ (“and cry out”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads הֵילִ֣יליּ׀; read aloud (Qere) reads הֵילִ֣ילוּ (“wail”).
  • Leningrad Codex reads וּֽזְעָ֑קיּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ (“and cry out”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
הֹבִ֥ישׁ מוֹאָ֛ב כִּֽי־חַ֖תָּה הילילי ׀ וזעקי הַגִּ֣ידוּ בְאַרְנ֔וֹן כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מוֹאָֽב׃Read aloud as (qere): הֵילִ֣ילוּRead aloud as (qere): וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ
LXX-Br31:20
Κατῃσχύνθη Μωὰβ, ὅτι συνετρίβη· ὀλόλυξον καὶ κέκραξον, ἀνάγγειλον ἐν Ἀρνὼν, ὅτι ὤλετο Μωὰβ,

Who and where

👤 Moab📍 Arnon📍 Moab◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
  • Deuteronomy 2:36From 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.
  • Isaiah 16:7–11Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken. For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The…
  • Isaiah 15:1–5This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as…
  • Isaiah 15:8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
  • Numbers 21:13–14From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites. Therefore it is stated…
  • Numbers 21:26–28Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the…
  • Judges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of…
  • Jeremiah 48:1–5Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. There is no…
  • Joshua 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

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  • 31:20 in some Bibles
  • 48:20 in most Bibles

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