Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered. Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. New Living Translation “And the reply comes back, ‘Moab lies in ruins, disgraced; weep and wail! Tell it by the banks of the Arnon River: Moab has been destroyed!’ English Standard Version Moab is put to shame, for it is broken; wail and cry! Tell it beside the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Berean Standard Bible Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. King James Bible Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, New King James Version Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered. New American Standard Bible “Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. NASB 1995 “Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. NASB 1977 “Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. Legacy Standard Bible Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. Amplified Bible “Moab is shamed, for she has been broken down and shattered. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. Christian Standard Bible Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. Holman Christian Standard Bible Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. American Standard Version Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Contemporary English Version They will answer, "Moab has been defeated! Weep with us in shame. Tell everyone at the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed." English Revised Version Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced; it is defeated. Shout loudly, and cry. Tell the news in Arnon that Moab is destroyed.' Good News Translation 'Moab has fallen,' they will answer, 'weep for it; it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed!' International Standard Version Moab will be put to shame, for it will be destroyed. Wail and cry out. Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. Majority Standard Bible Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. NET Bible They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.' New Heart English Bible "Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste." Webster's Bible Translation Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. World English Bible Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMoab has been put to shame, "" For it has been broken down, "" Howl and cry, declare in Arnon, "" For Moab is spoiled, Young's Literal Translation Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab, Smith's Literal Translation Moab was ashamed; for she was broken down: wail, ye, and cry; announce in Arnon that Moab was laid waste, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMoab is confounded, because he is overthrown: howl ye, and cry, tell ye it in Amen, that Moab is wasted. Catholic Public Domain Version Moab has been confounded, because he has been conquered. Wail and cry out! Announce it in Arnon: Moab has been devastated, New American Bible “Moab is put to shame, destroyed.” Wail and cry out, Proclaim it at the Arnon: “Moab is destroyed!” New Revised Standard Version Moab is put to shame, for it is broken down; wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMoab is ashamed; for it is broken down; howl and cry in Arnon, for Moab is destroyed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Moab is ashamed because it is defeated. Wail and cry out in Arnon, because Moab is broken! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; Wail and cry; Tell ye it in Arnon, That Moab is spoiled. Brenton Septuagint Translation Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Moab…19Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’ 20Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. 21Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,… Cross References Isaiah 15:1-9 This 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 over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ... Isaiah 16:6-14 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty. / Therefore 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 rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. ... Zephaniah 2:8-11 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, 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 people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ... Amos 2:1-3 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. Ezekiel 25:8-11 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” / therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. / I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. ... Numbers 21:27-30 That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. / For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. / Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. ... 2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. Isaiah 25:10-12 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. / He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. / The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust. Isaiah 34:8-10 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. / Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. / It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave. Lamentations 2:15 All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” Psalm 60:8 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” Psalm 83:6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, Isaiah 13:6-9 Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ... Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. Treasury of Scripture Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell you it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, confounded Jeremiah 48:1-5 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed… Isaiah 15:1-5,8 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; … Isaiah 16:7-11 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken… Arnon Numbers 21:13,14,26-28 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites… Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: Joshua 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; Jump to Previous Announce Arnon Broken Confounded Cry Crying Declare Destroyed Disappointed Disgraced Dismayed Grief Help Howl Laid Moab News Shame Shattered Sounds Spoiled Wail WasteJump to Next Announce Arnon Broken Confounded Cry Crying Declare Destroyed Disappointed Disgraced Dismayed Grief Help Howl Laid Moab News Shame Shattered Sounds Spoiled Wail WasteJeremiah 48 1. The judgment of Moab7. for their pride 11. for their security 14. for their carnal confidence 26. and for their contempt of God and his people 47. The restoration of Moab Moab has been put to shame The phrase "Moab has been put to shame" speaks to the humiliation and disgrace that has come upon the nation of Moab. In the Hebrew text, the word for "shame" is "בּוּשׁ" (bush), which conveys a deep sense of embarrassment and dishonor. Historically, Moab was a neighboring nation of Israel, often in conflict with God's people. This shame is a result of their pride and idolatry, as they trusted in their own strength and false gods rather than the one true God. The prophetic declaration serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the inevitable downfall that follows pride and self-reliance. for it is shattered Wail and cry out! Announce by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed (20) Make ye him drunken . . .--The image is suggested by the wine-cup of Jehovah's fury in Jeremiah 25:15, and was familiar in the symbolic language of the prophets (Isaiah 51:17; Job 21:20; Ezekiel 23:32; Revelation 14:10). The words that follow paint the image in its strongest colours. As men looked with scorn on the drunkard wallowing in his shame, so should they look on Moab, that had been so boastful in its pride, when it was brought low. . . . Verse 20. - The answer of the fugitives begins in the latter part of this verse, and, continues to ver. 24. Confounded ought, as usual, to be brought to shame. The address, howl and cry, which is in the feminine, refers to Moab, which has just before been spoken of in the feminine ("It is broken down," or rather, "she is dismayed," refers to Moab, not to Dibon). In Arnon; i.e. in the region of the Amen; better, beside Arnon (comp. Jeremiah 13:5, "by Euphrates").Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Moabמוֹאָ֛ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled is put to shame, הֹבִ֥ישׁ (hō·ḇîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction it has been shattered. חַ֖תָּה (ḥat·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear Wail הֵילִ֣ילוּ ׀ (hê·lî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling and cry out! וּֽזְעָ֑קוּ (ū·zə·‘ā·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly Declare הַגִּ֣ידוּ (hag·gî·ḏū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous by the Arnon בְאַרְנ֔וֹן (ḇə·’ar·nō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 769: Arnon -- 'a roaring stream', a wadi and stream in Moab that כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Moab מוֹאָֽב׃ (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled is destroyed. שֻׁדַּ֖ד (šud·daḏ) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin Links Jeremiah 48:20 NIVJeremiah 48:20 NLT Jeremiah 48:20 ESV Jeremiah 48:20 NASB Jeremiah 48:20 KJV Jeremiah 48:20 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 48:20 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 48:20 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 48:20 French Bible Jeremiah 48:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 48:20 Moab is disappointed (Jer.) |