Judgment on Moab
Jeremiah 48:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’
- KJV
- A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
- WEB
- The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- ASV
- The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
- LSV
- A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, || Spoiling and great destruction.
- YLT
- A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.
- DBY
- A voice of crying from Horonaim; wasting and great destruction!
- DRC
- A voice of crying from Oronaim: waste, and great destruction.
- GNV
- A voyce of crying shall be from Horonaim with desolation and great destruction.
- JPS
- Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!
- LXXE31:3
- for there is a voice of men crying out of Oronaim, destruction and great ruin.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃
- LXX-Br31:3
- ὅτι φωνὴ κεκραγότων ἐξ Ὠρωναὶμ, ὄλεθρον καὶ σύντριμμα μέγα·
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📍 Horonaim◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Jeremiah 48:34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
- Jeremiah 48:5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
- Jeremiah 4:20–21Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment. How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
- Isaiah 15:8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 47:2This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out,…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:3 in some Bibles
- 48:3 in most Bibles