Judgment on Moab
Jeremiah 48:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see verse 34.
- KJV
- And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
- WEB
- Judgment has come on the plain country— on Holon, on Jahzah, on Mephaath,
- ASV
- And judgment is come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
- LSV
- And judgment has come to the land of the plain—to Holon, || And to Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
- YLT
- And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain — unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
- DBY
- And judgment is come upon the country of the plateau; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
- DRC
- And judgment is come upon the plain country: upon Helon, and upon Jasa, and upon Mephaath.
- GNV
- And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey, vpon Holon and vpon Iahazah, and vpon Mephaath,
- JPS
- And judgment is come upon the country of the Plain; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
- LXXE31:21
- And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Chelon, and Rephas, and Mophas,
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- Written (Ketiv): מוֹפָעַת׃ (“Mophaath”). Read aloud (Qere): מֵיפָֽעַת׃ (“Mephaath”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מֵופָֽעַת׃; read aloud (Qere) reads מֵיפָֽעַת׃ (“Mephaath”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט בָּ֖א אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֑ר אֶל־חֹל֥וֹן וְאֶל־יַ֖הְצָה וְעַל־מופעת׃Read aloud as (qere): מֵיפָֽעַת
- LXX-Br31:21
- καὶ κρίσις ἔρχεται εἰς τὴν γῆν Μεισὼρ ἐπὶ Χελὼν, καὶ Ῥεφὰς, καὶ Μωφὰς,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Numbers 21:23But 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.
- Jeremiah 48:8The 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.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, 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…
- Ezekiel 25:9therefore 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 21:36–37From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:21 in some Bibles
- 48:21 in most Bibles