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Jeremiah 48

Jer. 48:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
is confounded
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
; for it is broken down
chathath (Hebrew #2865)
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
KJV usage: abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.
Pronounce: khaw-thath'
Origin: a primitive root
: howl
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
and cry
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
; tell
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
ye it in Arnon
'Arnown (Hebrew #769)
from 7442; a brawling stream; the Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territory
KJV usage: Arnon.
Pronounce: ar-nohn'
Origin: or uArnon {ar-nohn'}
, that Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
is spoiled
shadad (Hebrew #7703)
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
KJV usage: dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
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Arnon,
Moab; Moabites,
To Spoil

Cross References

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confounded.
Jer. 48:1‑5• 1Against Moab thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel. Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled.: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
 2There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it: come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
 3A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
 4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
 5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. (Jer. 48:1‑5)
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Isa. 15:1‑5,8• 1The burden of Moab.
 2He is gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; Moab howleth over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [is] baldness, every beard is cut off.
 3In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one howleth, weeping abundantly.
 4And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard unto Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembleth within him.
 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
 8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. (Isa. 15:1‑5,8)
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Isa. 16:7‑11• 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.
 8For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice plants: they reached unto Jaazer; they wandered [through] the wilderness; its shoots stretched out, they went beyond the sea.
 9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jaazer for the vine of Sibmah; with my tears will I water thee, Heshbon, and Elealeh, for a cry is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest.
 10And taken away is joy and gladness out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyard there is no singing, neither is there shouting: the treaders tread out no wine in the presses; I have made the cry to cease.
 11Therefore my bowels sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirhares. (Isa. 16:7‑11)
Arnon.
Num. 21:13‑14,26‑28• 13{i}From thence they removed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.{/i}
 14{i}Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah,{HR}Vaheb in Suphah, and the brooks of Arnon;{HR}{/i}
 26{i}For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.{/i}
 27{i}Therefore the poets say,{HR}Come to Heshbon;{HR}Let the city of Sihon be built and established.{HR}{/i}
 28{i}For there went forth fire from Heshbon,{HR}A flame from the city of Sihon;{HR}It consumed Ar of Moab,{HR}The lords of the high places of the Arnon.{HR}{/i} (Num. 21:13‑14,26‑28)
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Deut. 2:36• 36{i}From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.{/i} (Deut. 2:36)
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Josh. 13:9• 9{i}from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plateau of Medeba to Dibon,{/i} (Josh. 13:9)
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Judg. 11:18• 18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, {i}but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab.{/i} (Judg. 11:18)
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Isa. 16:2• 2And it shall be, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, the daughter of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. (Isa. 16:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Moab is put to shame; for he is broken downd: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "dismayed."

W. Kelly Translation

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Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)